Kinks - Over The Edge Lyrics
Everybody is a victim of societyComedy, tragedy, vaudeville and varietyPantomime players in the grand traditionWinners and losers till the intermissionGirl, I know the world's a stageThat's what the poet saidBut I think our weird relationshipIs way above my headI'll be your Casanova whipping byIf that's what you desireBut once I start performingI can't easily retireI'll swing on a trapezeI'll jump through hoopsAnd I'll eat fireBe a human cannon ballAnd walk on the high wirePut on make-up, wear a wigI'll be your tragic clownBut once you've got me up thereI can't easily come downDon't drive me over the edge of itCan't you see I've got mixed-up emotionsJoined the crowd just to be part of itThat was the start of itOh, now I'm over the edge(Don't drive me over the edge of it)Oh, over the edgeThe world is turning upside-downCivilization's dead, over the edgeEconomic turmoil, now the world is in the redDemocracy's a shadow of its former gloryLaw and orders broken-downEnd of storyMy next door neighbour's totally snappedHe's gone over the edgeHe's putting up barbed wire barricadesAround the garden hedgeAnd planting land mines on the lawnHe's gone barmyAccording to his wife, he's formed a secret armyEver since he got laid offSomething inside snappedHis wife says he's gone 'round the twistNow there's no turning backAll night he waits in the garden shedFor the enemy to attackA suburban vigilanteDressed up in a union jackHe's over the edge, oh, over the edgeDon't drive me over the edge of itWoman, you are gonna drive meTotally over the edgeIs it yes or is it noAre you gonna take the pledgeThe pressures of society are getting to your brainAnd forced you to act weirdAnd put me under all this strainBut don't drive me over the edge of itStop while I've still got emotionsJoined the crowd, just to be part of itThat was the start of itOh, over the edgeDon't drive me over the edge of itEverybody is a victim of societyComedy, tragedyVaudeville, varietyPantomime players in the grand traditionForced into roles that leave them totally drivenRight over the edge
