Mad Cow in burgers and death tolls on highways
Code Orange warnings of threats to our skyways
Bush and his friends get to all live like kings
Denial is how I survive all these things

Work is more stressing and life more depressing
The economy's growing but my pay is lessening
Soldiers are killed while Bush plays in Palm Springs
Denial is how I survive all these things

Road kill in pet food and more greenhouse gases
Loss of more forests and special ed classes
The White House is run by those of the right wing
Denial is how I survive all these things

When my stock drops
As the bell rings
When I'm raving mad
I simply deny all these terrible things
Then I don't feel, so bad

Snipers in car trunks and wars of preemption
Child-groping Fathers and global intentions
Terrorists lurking in organized rings
Denial is how I survive all these things

Blackouts and surges and big corporate merges
Investment scandals and C.E.O. purges
A polarized people is what all this brings
Denial is how I survive all these things

C.I.A. prisons and special renditions
Major news sources accused of omissions
Plastics in pet foods shipped in from Beijing
Denial is how I survive all these things

When my stock drops
As the bell rings
When I'm raving mad
I simply deny all these terrible things
Then I don't feel so bad