[00:13.00]And so the story begins
[00:14.00]City dweller, successful fella
[00:17.00]Thought to himself, Oops, I've got a lot of money (lot of money)
[00:21.00]Caught in a rat race terminally
[00:25.00]I'm a professional cynic but my heart's not in it
[00:28.00]I'm paying the price of living life at the limit (to the limit)
[00:32.00]Caught in the century's anxiety
[00:35.00]Yes it preys on him (preys on him)
[00:37.00]He's getting thin (getting thin) {tricycle life}
[00:40.00]He lives in a house, a very big house in the country
[00:45.00]Watching afternoon repeats and the food he eats in the country
[00:51.00]He takes all manner of pills and piles up analyst bills in the country
[00:56.00]Oh, it's like an animal farm, lots of rural charm in the country
[01:02.00]He's got morning glory and life's a different story
[01:05.00]Everything's going jackanorry (jackanorry)
[01:09.00]Touched with his own mortality
[01:13.00]He's reading Balzac and knocking back Prozac
[01:16.00]It's a helping hand that makes you feel wonderfully bland
[01:19.00](close your eyes child)
[01:20.00]Oh, it's the century's remedy
[01:22.00]For the faint at heart (faint at heart)
[01:26.00]A new start (new start) {tricycle life}
[01:28.00](Blow, blow me out I am so sad I don't know why)
[01:28.00]He lives in a house, a very big house in the country
[01:34.00]He's got a fog in his chest, so he needs a lot of rest in the country
[01:39.00]He doesn't drink, smoke, laugh, takes herbal baths in the country
[01:45.00]But you'll come to no harm on the animal farm in the country
[01:50.00]In the country (Doo doo doo)
[01:53.00]In the country (Doo doo doo)
[01:55.00]In the country-y-y!
[02:30.00]Blow, blow me out I am so sad I don't know why
[02:19.00]Blow, blow me out I am so sad I don't know why
[02:41.00]Oh, he lives in a house, a very big house in the country
[02:46.00]Watching afternoon repeats and the food he eats in the country
[02:52.00]He takes all manner of pills and piles up analyst bills in the country
[02:57.00]Oh, it's like an animal farm, lots of rural charm in the country
[03:02.00]Oh, he lives in a house, a very big house in the country
[03:08.00]He's got a fog in his chest, so he needs a lot of rest in the country
[03:14.00]He doesn't drink, smoke, laugh, takes herbal baths in the country
[03:20.00]Yes you'll come to no harm on the animal farm in the country
[03:25.00]Ooh la la la
[03:31.00]I wanna be, I wanna be {in the country})
[03:31.00]I wanna be, I wanna be {in the country})