Country House (2012 Remaster)

And so the story begins

City dweller, successful fella

Thought to himself, "Whoops, I've got a lot of money"

Caught in a rat race terminally

I'm a professional cynic, but my heart's not in it

I'm payin' the price of livin' life at the limit

Caught up in the century's anxiety

Yes, it preys on him (preys on him)

He's gettin' thin (getting thin)

Try the simple life

He lives in a house, a very big house in the country

Watchin' afternoon repeats and the food he eats in the country

He takes all manner of pills and piles up analyst bills in the country

Oh it's like an animal farm, lots of rural charm in the country

He's got morning glory and that's a different story

Everything's goin' jackanory

Touched with his own mortality

He's reading Balzac, and knocking back Prozac

It's a helping hand that makes you feel wonderfully bland

Oh it's the century's remedy

For the faint at heart (faint at heart)

A new start (a new start)

Try the simple life

He lives in a house, a very big house in the country

He's got a fog in his chest so he needs a lot of rest in the country

He doesn't drink, smoke, laugh, takes herbal baths in the country

He says you'll come to no harm, on the animal farm in the country

In the country

In the country

In the country!

Blow, blow me out I am so sad, I don't know why

Blow, blow me out I am so sad, I don't know why

Oh, he lives in a house, a very big house in the country

Watchin' afternoon repeats and the food he eats in the country

He takes all manner of pills and piles up analyst bills in the country

Oh it's like an animal farm, lots of rural charm in the country

Oh, he lives in a house, a very big house in the country

He's got a fog in his chest so he needs a lot of rest in the country

He doesn't drink, smoke, laugh, takes herbal baths in the country

He says you'll come to no harm, on the animal farm in the country