AWFULLY LOUD WORLD

It's an awfully loud world
You can't hear yourself think
It can make you join the monastery
It can drive you to drink
With the sound of the bullets flyin'
And the sound of the children cryin'
And the sound of the man on the T.V. commercial
Sellin' you what you're buyin'

It's an awfully loud world
If you make a big noise
And if you're marchin' to a different drum
It don't go over big with the boys
It's an awfully loud world
It gives no relief
And it's modernized, sterilized
Filled with lies beyond belief
With the sound of the party revel
And the sound of the money metal
And the sound of the band on the radio station
Singin' "Sympathy for the Devil"

With the sound of the big wheels turnin'
And the sound of a little world squirmin'
And the sound of the kiddies at the cartoon altar
It's teachin' them what they're learnin'

It's an awfully loud world
In an awfully small room
It gets so much you can't hear nothin' else and
Not a soul is immune
It's an awfully loud world
Screamin' louder each day
We're cryin' "cut it out, shut it down
Someone make it please go away"