Kinks - Drift Away lyrics

Drift away, just drift away<br>Sometimes I wish I could just drift away<br>They say there's gonna be a river of blood<br>It's apocalypse now<br>So we're waiting for the flood<br>The ice is gonna melt, the water gonna rise<br>And we'll all go to hell<br>So they're keeping us advised<br>While the dollar falls down<br>The yen gonna climb<br>It's a moral decline<br>And I'm losing my mind<br>I think I'll just drift away<br>To that island of my dreams<br>Live in total fantasy<br>Close my eyes and drift away<br><br>Back in the real world<br>There's tension everywhere<br>And the smell of fear<br>Keeps hanging around and polluting the air<br>The man on the news is going over the top<br>Now he'll say anything so his show don't flop<br>Wall street's down, so what<br>And according to astute market analysis<br>The world's gonna stop<br>They shout the story to the nation<br>Pass on the panic to the population<br>This is the end of civilization<br>It's all over now<br><br>Chorus:<br>Meanwhile, I just drift away<br>To my island in the sun<br>Imaginary paradise, perfection<br>Sometimes I wish I could just drift away<br>Drift away (drift away)<br>Drift away (drift away)<br>Drift away (drift away)<br><br>Now all the politicians are running out of hope<br>They've burned all their bridges<br>Now they just can't cope<br>And who do we blame now we're all going broke? <br>It's that man over there<br>Who's hanging from a rope<br>Newsmen winding up the nation<br>A little bad news helps circulation<br>Pass on the panic to the population<br>It's all over, it's all over<br>It's all over now<br><br>Times like this, I just drift away<br>To my tropical fantasy<br>Living on coconuts growing on the trees<br>Sometimes I wish I could just drift away<br>Drift away, drift away, drift away<br>It's apocalypse now, drift away<br>Rivers of blood, drift away<br>And the man on the news is going over the top<br><br>Chorus