Lately you've been a people pleaser
With a set of worried eyes
A tidy keeper and a lonely sleeper
With no one to satisfy
Lately it's been that everything good's
Been happening somewhere else
The skin that you're in
Needs some gettin out
But that's something that I can't help
Lately, how are you lately?
Yeah, I'm fine
Lately, how are you lately?
Yeah, I'm fine
Ya wake up in the morning with
A rectangle in your stomach
You're awkward and you're queasy as
You bite your bleeding nails
You got it easy, you got it easy
But I can't say you've ever tried
The only reason you get out and dream
Is the chance that you'll just die...
You make enough, you say
The gettin's rough, but you make
Enough to share
Then you dig in your back pocket
And you feel like nothin's there
How to begin, you ask
"When does it end?"
I say, "I think I might have a cure,"
I hand you a smoke and a shot of gin
You say, "that's what friends are for."
Lately, how are you lately?
Yeah, I'm fine
Lately, how are you lately?
Yeah, I'm fine
Hey, alright