"Don't Believe A Word" lyrics - THIRD EYE BLIND

Cigarette fingers amber stain
Incriminating notes on a paper chain
Did you ever get the feeling that you've been cheated?
I wanna bust out, I've not been defeated

They're all straw boats they hold no water
Got the whiplash smile, but this gets harder
Time has wound down and now we've been cast
Because half measures are all half-assed

How did we ever end up this way?
And I've gone numb in disarray
Cultivating my ignorance
Didn't we have some standards once?

I hate you and your cowboy boots
Though we wanted clever, but settled for stupid
Threw it all away so indiscreet
Like a bad boyfriend, he's a dirty little cheat

It's a shallow vicious state of mind
Like an angry drunk getting dumped online
Give me back my photos, will you?
You fucking whore I'll kill you!

(Don't believe it)
Don't believe a word
(Don't believe)
Just keep on breathing
(Don't believe)
'Cause pretty soon
(Don't believe)
That Good King George will wake up screamin'

Our soundtrack is a soulless thing
Some dull ache replaced the sting
Rap stars brag about shooting each other?
What ever happened to "brother, brother"?

We like thugs when they attack
And we like crime when it's black on black
Isn't this you cold-hearted fake?
Isn't this more than you can take?

(Don't believe it)
Don't believe a word
(Don't believe)
Just walk on by
(Don't believe)
Just explode the gas
(Don't believe)
And then we all, can all get high yeah
(Don't believe it)
Don't believe it
(Keep on dreaming)
Just keep on breathing
(Don't believe)
Oh, pretty soon
(Don't believe)
That Good King George will wake up screamin'

Wake up screamin', ha-ha-ha-ha...
Wake up screamin', ah...

Yeah! (yeah!)
Yeah! (yeah!)
Yeah! (yeah!)
Yeah! (yeah!)

Round up all the big linchpins
I hope we don't get fooled again
All sensation makes no sense
You got some insane confidence

I can't find myself, I can't change the station
In this corporate, sell-out hillbilly nation
Scandalize now with such ease
America give me back my keys

Sand it blows, the soldiers squeeze
A trigger on fake enemies
We're all abroad and all alone
Till you come home, bring 'em home

(Don't believe it)
Don't believe a word
(Don't believe)
Just keep on breathing
(Don't believe)
'Cause pretty soon
(Don't believe)
That Good King George will wake up screamin'
(Don't believe it)
Don't believe a word
(Keep on dreaming)
Don't believe a word, no!
(Don't believe it)
Don't believe a word
(Don't believe)
Don't believe a word.