Backwards World

i can tell it wears you out
 you deserve better now
 but a loss is a loss
 any old way
 you play by the rules
 you kept every word
 but no i never heard
 that you're one in the same
 it's a backwards world
 it's a backwards world
 upstream is forward
 in a backwards world
 oh ohohoh ohohohoh ohohohoh oh
 when a man gets your respect
 you know it won't buy him much
 so maybe it's not
 worth as much as it once was
 in the total of it all
 does it matter to announce
 so when i'll see myself
 damn what is it for
 yeah, what is it all for
 it's a backwards world
 it's a backwards world
 upstream is forward
 in a backwards world
 oh ohohoh ohohohoh ohohohoh oh
 oh ohohoh ohohohoh ohohohoh oh
 is this truly my fate
 pray to the lord my soul to take
 around around around
 if you don't show me a sign
 then it's up to me to find
 it's a backwards world
 it's a backwards world
 upstream is forward
 in our backwards world