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It is a song by Meat Loaf and as far as I get it, quite hard-hitting. We Indians love to hate anything Western (even if we love to learn English, watch Hollywood movies and eat pasta and pizza), a feeling perhaps coming out of Raj days. I, however, find their songs as good and varied as that of any culture or language.

Life Is A Lemon (And I Want My Money Back)

by Meat Loaf

I want my money back (x 4)

It’s all or nothing
And nothing is all I ever get,
Every time I turn it I burn it up and burn it out

There’s always something,
There’s always something going wrong.
That’s the only guarantee, that’s what this is all about.

It’s a never ending attack.
Everything’s a lie and that’s a fact.
Life is a lemon and I want my money back!

And all the morons,
and all the stooges with their coins,
They are the ones who make the rules, it’s not a game it’s just a rout

There’s desperation, (there’s desperation)
There’s desperation in the air.
It leaves a stain on all your clothes and no detergent gets it out.

And we’re always slipping through the cracks.
Then the movie’s over, fade to black.
Life is a lemon and I want my money back

What about love?
It’s defective!
It’s always breakin’ in half.

What about sex?
It’s defective!
It’s never built to really last.

What about your family?
It’s defective!
All the batteries are shot.

What about your friends?
Their defective!
All the parts are out of stock.

What about hope?
It’s defective!
It’s corroded and decayed.

What about faith?
It’s defective!
It’s tattered and it’s frayed.

What about your god?
It’s defective!
They forgot the warranty.

What about your town?
It’s defective!
It’s a dead end street to me.

What about your school?
It’s defective!
It’s a pack of useless lies.

What about your work?
It’s defective!
It’s a crock and then you die.

What about your chilhood?
It’s defective!
It’s dead and buried in the past.

What about your future?
It’s defective!
And you can shove it up your ASS!

I want my money back (Life is a Lemon)! ( X4)