What's the problem here
   What's the noise
   I'm just waiting for the man (yea)
   Me and the boys
  
   He's got the goods
   We've got the twenties, tens and fives
   Everybody's doing it
   Living Desperate Lives (living on the edge)
  
   Desperate Lives
   I'm stuck in the middle
   Desperate Lives
   My life is a riddle
   And I'm sure there's a way out
   When I want it
  
   Sometimes I worry
   But I'm no fool
   I keep it to myself
   Cause you gotta stay cool
  
   Desperate Lives
   I'm stuck in the middle
   Desperate Lives…
  
   Sometimes I feel my life floating away
   And times seems so precious
   I want to hold you and say
   I'm stuck in the middle
  
   Desperate Lives
   My life is a riddle
   Desperate Lives
   I'm stuck in the middle
  
   I've got this friend you know he's real cool
   He gave new meaning to the term High School
   Sometimes I worry
   But I'm no fool
   I keep it to myself
   Cause you gotta stay cool
  
   Desperate Lives
   I'm stuck in the middle
   Desperate Lives
   My life is a riddle
   And I'm sure there's a way out
   When I want it
  
   Momma just looks confused and my daddy said
   I've got this bomb tick, tick, ticking in my head
   I'm stuck in the middle
  
   Desperate Lives
   My life is a riddle
   Desperate Lives
   I'm stuck in the middle