Intro: Bm Am7 G Bm Am7 G Verse: G Bm Benny's waiting for a new brain implant; G Bm His old one's working fine C Am7 He don't care if it's worth it C Am7 He just needs the new version
G Bm Benny's gotta make that money G Bm So he can afford to update the life C Am7 that he don't spend living; C Am7 G Too distracted searching for the new, the new, the new G G Verse: G Bm Ginger's got her nose stuck in a book G Bm Hypnotized by symbols on a page C Am7 Imbued with meaning C Am7 Certainly means more than the life that she ignores G Bm Replacing her thoughts with authored thoughts G Bm Living half a life through pulp and ink; C Am7 It's imitation; C Am7 G She's been told it's education but it ain't life, ain't life, ain't life G G Chorus: G Am7 D7 G They're living a fiction in fear of raw life G Am7 D7 G The distractions they're mired in are lies G Am7 D7 G Facsimile dream but I've got a scheme to wake up G Am7 D7 Oh, I've got a scheme to kill the dream D7 Verse: G Bm Jumbo Ron is pacing back and forth G Bm He's worried that he may have made the wrong C Am7 impression last night C Am7 On a date with a doggy from work Verse: G Bm He's obsessing over one small turn of phrase G Bm He's not sure if it C Am7 conforms to current standards C Am7 G Of political correctness as it changes day to day, to day, to day G G Chorus: G Am7 D7 G They're living a fiction in fear of raw life G Am7 D7 G The distractions they're mired in are lies G Am7 D7 G Facsimile dream but I've got a scheme to wake up G Am7 D7 Oh, I've got a scheme to kill the dream D7 D7