"Next Exit" lyrics

"Next Exit"

Oh, woe is me
I do believe
I'm no good for anything
I'm no help to anyone
Full of self-pity

I can't go on
Without your sympathy
I might just do away with myself
Like a trophy up on a shelf
I've been forgotten

I'm getting off at the next exit
Whatcha gonna do about it?
I'm getting off at the next exit
Whatcha gonna do about it?
I'm getting off at the next exit
Whatcha gonna do about it?
Oh-h-h, he-ey...

Life is like driving
Along the motorway
See me in the slow left-hand lane
Overtaken again and again
Turn on or turn off

The green-eyed monster
Almost persuaded me
See what people get out of life
Power, money, or a house and a wife
That might change my mind

I'm getting off at the next exit
Whatcha gonna do about it?
I'm getting off at the next exit
Whatcha gonna do about it?
I'm getting off at the next exit
Whatcha gonna do about it?
Oh-h-h, he-ey...

It's nothing new
To feel that loneliness
Listen to the big engines roar
Look for the signpost to the city of bones
Who wants to come with me?

I'm getting off
I'm getting off
I'm getting off
I'm getting off
I'm getting off

Whatcha gonna do about it?


album: "See Ya 'Round" (1984)
Split Enz - See Ya 'Round album cover
The Lost Cat
(Instrumental)
Next Exit
(Reissue Bonus Track)