How Long Can A Bad Thing Last

When you grow up
 They tell you there's responsibilities
 But all you wanna do is
 Make love and make time and make money
 For the things in life
 You spend to make a better world
 You think you're so free
 And you're so fucking groovy
 (So get up and find out how things could be)
 I'm not talking from experience
 But me you must believe
 (So wake up and make up your mind to be free)
 Yeah, here's that woman on the TV
 You can take it if you want it
 It's not easy to resist
 It's the same conclusion I'm coming to
 You know life is worth living
 If you're willing to, yeah
 How long can a bad thing last?
 This is what people should ask
 If you're feeling down, put your vote to cast
 How long, been going on for too long
 A woman I know makes a living out of this
 And the sad thing is
 Is that the victims don't resist
 You can take it or leave it
 Or fake it or put it down
 But believe me, it's a bad day buster
 When your not around
 (So get up and find out how things could be)
 Are you making fun of me?
 Are you making fun of me?
 (So wake up and make up your mind to be free)
 Yeah, here's that woman on that TV
 How long can a bad thing last?
 This is what people should ask
 If you're feeling down, put your vote to cast
 How long, this is going on for too long
 This is not the chance for anybody
 You know life is worth living
 If you're willing to
 You can take it if you want it
 It's not easy to resist
 It's the same conclusion I'm coming to
 You know life is worth living
 If you're willing to, yeah
 How long
 (So get up, so get up and go)
 This is what
 (You gotta, you gotta make her stand down)
 If you're feeling down, put your vote to cast
 I said, how long can a bad thing last?
 I said, how long can this go
 You gotta, you gotta, you gotta stand down
 (Why don't you tell me)