Desperate People (2023 Remaster)

Desperate People (2023 Remaster) - Living Colour

Yeah

I see you cryin' in the sunshine

I hear you laughin' in the rain

You say you can't tell any difference

Between the pleasure and the pain

You say you never ever dream at nighttime

You say you only dream when you're awake

And say that tv looks like your life

And the life you lead is fake

Desperate people

Desperate people

You get your sunshine from a tab of paper

Then you're sittin' in a spinnin' room

The clock is tockin' it's laughin' at you

Your life's a mystery without a clue

The crowd you're in thinks you're so amusin'

They're oh so flatterin' and so sincere

They stand and laugh as they watch you crumble

And when you cry for help they don't hear

No more

Desperate people

Desperate people

Feel the earth revolving you see the sun dissolving

You hear the night calling out to you

You have no direction and you have no protection

What you gonna do when your trip turns blue

When you come crashin' down and there's no help around

You need friends you need help

First you have to help yourself

The music stops and the party's over

The money's gone and your crowd is too

Can't break the chains that have kept you under

Has the monkey got the best of you

Then I see you cryin' in the sunshine

And I hear you laughin' in the rain

You say you can't tell any difference

Between the pleasure and the pain

Desperate

Desperate

Desperate

Desperate people