you could have it so much better

• the last message you sent
  said i looked really down
  that i oughtta come over
  and talk about it
  well i wasn't down
  i just wasn't smiling at you
  
  as i look at us now it seems
  that your slapping my back
  as if it's all alright
  but it's not
  i'm trying to get up
  but you're pushing me down
  yeah you're pushing me down
  so i'll get on my own
  
  now there's some grinning goon
  on my tv screen
  telling us all that
  it's alright because
  she wears this and
  he said that and
  if you get some of these
  it'll all be alright
  yeah if you get some of these
  it'll all be alright
  well i refuse
  to be a cynical goon
  passing the masses
  an easy answer
  because it won't be alright
  oh no it won't be alright
  it won't be alright
  unless you get up
  come on and get up
  
  well i'm just a voice in your earpiece
  telling you no
  it's not alright
  you know you could have it so much better
  you could have it so much better
  if you tried