Barenaked Ladies - Everything Old Is New Again lyrics

Words & Music by Stephen Duffy & Steven Page Learn to lose, it's easier that way We've paid our dues, but we can't make life pay All across the world, people going mad in their mother's cars, the kids are feeling sad That's how it is, and I'll see you later Everything old is new again Everything under the sun Now that I'm back with you again We hug and we kiss We sit and make lists We drink and I bandage your wrists Wasted youth -- there wasn't much to waste Down to the bone, and still losing weight With all the wishing in the world glistening in her eyes But when I say I love her, she thinks I'm telling lies is it all lost? No, we never had it Everything old is new again Everything under the sun All of our fears come true again Recycle reuse Resent and refuse Our parent's ideals and view She thinks the afterlife might just be where the action is With high schools built like prisons, she can't find a way to live Moved back home to fill the empty nest Afraid to roam, in love with second best While somewhere in the world, she's hosting her own show And everyone she questions never seems to know Who they are and where they are going Everything old is new again Everything under the sun Now that I'm without you again I wake up and eat I go back to sleep And let my nightmares repeat All across the world, people going mad