This world is a cold and cynical place We walk in single file And we do not break pace Fate says I'll ply you with luck when you're dead You hang your head low And you follow the script You take the abuse And you remain tight lipped Although you spend every day seeing red Mama says that I was never happy Mama says that I'm still always blue But that's not true Not when I do This codeine Men make themselves Gods And then pull on our strings They burn us all down For glory or some such thing They say its fake news I did none of that They live to raise hell Not admit defeat Their conscience don't care For starving folks on the street Not while the right ones still chew on the fat Mama says that I was never happy Mama says that I'm still always blue But that's not true Not when I do This codeine So tell me Mama How can we find our smiles The climate's changing The future's hostile She says Well baby I guess you are right We don't hold the power And we can't heal the land We fight for what's right But it still slips through our hands So now we just numb our pain day and night Mama says that I was never happy Mama says that I'm still always blue But that's not true Not when I do This codeine