Hey man where you been
  you can't run away
  from the life you made your own
  now that it's gone and left you down and out
  you're not so complete
  now what do you say
  all the answers you propose
  nobody chose to hear this time around
  
  hey man you're so vain
  you rise up again
  to perform to pressure now
  no way to treat that precious heart at all
  calm down you're too proud
  now what do you know
  you present some facts to face
  but nobody chose to look this time around
  
  head in the clouds
  no silver lining
  what could be wrong
  
  hey man why so blue
  what's come over you
  sentimental apathy
  ain't gonna buy no sympathy today
  wide world wearing thin
  wild words deafening
  shout about integrity
  and then you go and throw your dignity away
  
  we're all the same
  we're all to blame
  what could be wrong, yeah
  
  hey man you got carried away
  carrying on the games that you play
  playing is not the way to win
  'cos winning can be a way that you lose
  and losing is not the way you would choose
  given the choice you're trying to change
  changing again you're carried away
  
  do you remember the day
  so long ago so far behind
  that history wrought in the fire
  that filled your mind with mad desire
  chasing the centuries down
  long roads you cut through flesh and field
  pulling the past as you run
  and it's dragged you to your knees
  it's time to pray
  
  it's getting harder to pay
  too many people
  for the rent
  
  given a number of ways
  is there no way you can change
  
  Hey man sing the blues