You've Got A Chance lyrics

Song information

Artist: Bad Religion
Album: The New America

Lyrics

A rhapsody! contestants in disguise
A nation of desire
But who will win the prize?
The people stand united
Reluctantly aligned
Copying and lying
Are the favorite past-time
You've got a chance
To confront the world today
Desperate romance
Is the curse of castaways
What good is skill
If you don't make it to the dance?
Despite circumstance
You've got a chance

Common life depicted on afternoon tv
Is spiked to give the miserable a vogue identity
Hate your neighbors
Cheat your friends
They don't discriminate
Popularity and fame don't care
If you're a reprobate

You've got a chance
To confront the world today
Desperate romance
Is the curse of castaways
What good is skill
If you don't make it to the dance?
Despite circumstance
You've got a chance

I'm tired of all this
Shakespearean misinformation
I want to win the game
You've got the right intentions
But who's got time to think?
You've got a noon appointment
You've got to hit the links
You're talking in the stratosphere
You're curled up on the floor
With such a wealth of information
Why are you so poor?
You've got a chance
To be relevant today
Desperate romance
Is the curse of castaways
What good is skill
If you don't make it to the dance?
(Don't you believe what the wise men have to say)
Despite circumstance
You've got a chance