You say things are getting better
but I think you're wrong
you just knew that it would make
a celebrated song
If you look a little harder
then I think you'll find
things are really getting worse
faster all the time
Things are getting worse
I can feel the curse
heavy like a bird around my neck
Things are getting worse
human fortune reimbursed
paper castles on the sand
What did you think you were singing
back in '63?
Maybe things were different then
but now it's plain to see
There isn't much to smile about
little reason to be proud
as the human race descends
beneath a heavy black cloud
