I met you before the fall of Rome
And I begged you to let me take you home
You were wrong, I was right
You said goodbye, I said goodnight
It's all been done
It's all been done
It's all been done before
I knew you before the west was won
And I heard you say the past
was much more fun
You go your way, I'll go mine
But I'll see you next time
It's all been done
It's all been done
It's all been done before
And if I put my fingers here, and if I say
"I love you, dear"
And if I play the same three chords
will you just yawn and say
It's all been done before?
Alone and bored on a thirtieth century night
Will I see you on The Price is Right?
Will I cry? Will I smile
As you run down the aisle?
It's all been done
It's all been done
It's all been done before
What, am I to wake up suddenly and then
enroll at the local college, earn me a degree
and I could work weekends?
If I work real hard
I could mow your backyard?
I can go to Europe, travel with my friends
I can blow a thosand deutsche marks
to get drunk in a pub with some Australians
But a giant backpack
Sew a flag on the back
I think never is enough (yeah, never is enough)
I never want to do that stuff
I think never is enough (yeah, never is enough)
You never have to do that stuff
I never had to spend a summer planting trees
I never worked my way through a forest
inch by inch
Doubled over on my hands and knees
I never worked a single day in retail
Telling people what they want to hear
Telling people anything to make a sale
Eating in the food court
with the old and the bored
I think never is enough (yeah, never is enough)
I never want to do that stuff
I think never is enough (yeah, never is enough)
You never have to do that stuff
The world's your oyster shell
But what's that funny smell?
You eat the bivalve anyway,
you're sick with salmonella
You get your Ph.D
How happy you will be
when you get a job at Wendy's
and are honoured with Employee of the Month
I think never is enough (yeah, never is enough)
I never want to do that stuff
I think never is enough (yeah, never is enough)
You never have to do that stuff
