i can tell it wears you out
you deserve better now
but a loss is a loss
any old way
you play by the rules
you kept every word
but no i never heard
that you're one in the same
it's a backwards world
it's a backwards world
upstream is forward
in a backwards world
oh ohohoh ohohohoh ohohohoh oh
when a man gets your respect
you know it won't buy him much
so maybe it's not
worth as much as it once was
in the total of it all
does it matter to announce
so when i'll see myself
damn what is it for
yeah, what is it all for
it's a backwards world
it's a backwards world
upstream is forward
in a backwards world
oh ohohoh ohohohoh ohohohoh oh
oh ohohoh ohohohoh ohohohoh oh
is this truly my fate
pray to the lord my soul to take
around around around
if you don't show me a sign
then it's up to me to find
it's a backwards world
it's a backwards world
upstream is forward
in our backwards world
