The world is upside down
Everybody lunatics and clowns
No one speaks the truth
And madhouse runs the town

But you gotta get a grip
Beat it with a stick
Everybody's stuffing their pockets
Everybody's on the take
The news is all fake
Let 'em eat chicken and let 'em eat steak
Let 'em eat shit, let 'em eat cake

We gotta get a grip
We gotta get a grip
You gotta keep it zipped
And shoot 'em from the hip

Chaos, crisis, instability, ISIS
Lies and scandals, wars and vandals
Metadata scams and policy shams
Put 'em in a slammer
Come on!
Gotta get a
Gotta get a
Beat 'em with a stick
Gotta get a
Gotta get a
Gotta get a
Gotta get a grip

I tried diversion and I tried coercion
Mediation and medication
LA culture and aquapuncture
Overeating and sex in meetings
Induced insanity, Christianity
Long walks and fast drives
And wild clubs and low dives
I pushed and I strived
But I can't get you, can't get you can't get you out of my mind
Gotta get a grip

Gotta get a
Gotta get a
Beat 'em with a stick
Gotta get a grip
Gotta get a
Gotta get a

Immigrants are pouring in
Refugees under your skin
Keep 'em under, keep 'em out
Intellectual, shut your mouth
Beat 'em with a stick
Oh yeah
Gotta get a grip
Gotta get a grip
Gotta get a
Gotta get a
Beat 'em with a stick
Gotta get a grip
Gotta get a
Gotta get a

Gotta
Gotta get a grip
Got to get a

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Writer(s): Matthew Robert Clifford, Michael Philip Jagger