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Driven Out

by The Fixx

on Calm Animals (1989), The Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Anthology (2006), Ultimate Collection: The Fixx (1999)

Driven out by thieves
I watch them pillage the planet
Fueled by a fattening greed
Trees fall to the hatchet

We're chopping against the grain
Our spirits in a vacuum
Sadly ignore the pain
The end arrives, we all lose

We all lose
I hope it comes, it comes, it comes around

Driven out, holding out
Day by day survival
Castaways have silent lives
With the strength to rival you

See now I'm driving in my car
I used to be able to walk this far
Now I turn on the light
I used to be able to sleep at night

I'm cooking with microwaves
To warm up food that's not seen the soil
Plugged into my TV
Hey, I'm used to the lies they're telling me

They're telling me
I hope it comes, it comes, it comes around

Driven out, holding out
Day by day survival
Castaways have silent lives
With the strength to rival

Driven out, holding out
Driven out, holding out
With the strength to rival you

Now I'm hoping that we'll find
More to life than meets the eye
Can we escape the grind?
Build a life that's more worthwhile

Rid of this empty pride
Full of selfishness inside
Bathe in a turning tide
Until then we all hide

We all hide
I hope it comes, it comes, it comes around

Driven out, holding out
Day by day survival
Castaways have silent lives
With the strength to rival

Driven out, holding out
Could take up your best time
Driven out, holding out
With the strength to rival you

Rival you
Ooh, ooh
Rival