You Could Have It So Much Better — текст песни (Franz Ferdinand)

You Could Have It So Much Better
The last message you sent
Said I looked really down
That I oughtta come over
And talk about it
Well I wasn`t down
I just wasn`t smiling at you
As I look at us now it seems
That your slapping my back
as if it`s al alright
but it`s not
I`m trying to get up
But you`re pushing me down
Yeah you`re pushing me down
So I`ll get on my own
Now there`s some grinning goon
On my TV screen
Telling us all that
It`s alright because
She wears this and
He said that and
If you get some of these
It`ll all be alright
Yeah if you get some of these
It`ll all be alright
Well I refuse
To be a cynical goon
Passing the masses
An easy answer
Because it won`t be alright
Oh no it won`t be alright
It won`t be alright
Unless you get up
Come on and get up
Well I`m just a voice in your earpiece
Telling you no
It`s not alright
You know you could have it so much better
You could have it so much better
If you tried