Get the Balance Right

There's more besides joyrides
 Little house in the countryside
 Understand, learn to demand,
 Compromise, sometimes lie
 Get the Balance right, get the balance right
 Be responsible, respectable,
 Stable but gullible
 Concerned and caring, help the helpless
 But always remain ultimately selfish
 Get the balance right, get the balance right
 You think you've got a hold of it all
 You haven't got a hold at all
 When you reach the top, get ready to drop
 Prepare yourself for the fall, you're gonna fall
 It's almost predictable
 Don't take this way, don't take that way
 Straight down the middle until next Thursday
 Push to the left, back to the right
 Twist and turn 'til you've got it right
 Get the balance right