you always said you were the compassionate one but now you re laughing at the sun with all your high class friends you think you ve got it made the only thing you made was that tanned look on your face with all your cigarettes and fancy cars you ain t a clue who or what you are you re dreaming your life away fish out of water go swim in the tide today fish out of water we used to sit and talk about primal scream to exorcise our past was our adolescent dream but now it s sink or swim since your memory fails now in neptune s kitchen you will be food for killer whales and on the crucifix his mother made hangs one more martyr to the hit parade you re dreaming your life away fish out of water go swim in the tide today fish out of water you re dreaming your life away fish out of water go swim in the tide today fish out of water you re dreaming your life away fish out of water you re dreaming your life away you re dreaming your life away fish out of water you re dreaming 