Over The Edge Lyrics - Kinks

Everybody is a victim of society 

Comedy, tragedy, vaudeville and variety 

Pantomime players in the grand tradition 

Winners and losers till the intermission 

Girl, I know the world's a stage 

That's what the poet said 

But I think our weird relationship 

Is way above my head 

I'll be your Casanova whipping by 

If that's what you desire 

But once I start performing 

I can't easily retire 

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I'll swing on a trapeze 

I'll jump through hoops 

And I'll eat fire 

Be a human cannon ball 

And walk on the high wire 

Put on make-up, wear a wig 

I'll be your tragic clown 

But once you've got me up there 

I can't easily come down 

Don't drive me over the edge of it 

Can't you see I've got mixed-up emotions 

Joined the crowd just to be part of it 

That was the start of it 

Oh, now I'm over the edge 

(Don't drive me over the edge of it) 

Oh, over the edge 

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The world is turning upside-down 

Civilization's dead, over the edge 

Economic turmoil, now the world is in the red 

Democracy's a shadow of its former glory 

Law and orders broken-down 

End of story 

My next door neighbour's totally snapped 

He's gone over the edge 

He's putting up barbed wire barricades 

Around the garden hedge 

And planting land mines on the lawn 

He's gone barmy 

According to his wife, he's formed a secret army 

Ever since he got laid off 

Something inside snapped 

His wife says he's gone 'round the twist 

Now there's no turning back 

All night he waits in the garden shed 

For the enemy to attack 

A suburban vigilante 

Dressed up in a union jack 

He's over the edge, oh, over the edge 

Don't drive me over the edge of it 

Woman, you are gonna drive me 

Totally over the edge 

Is it yes or is it no 

Are you gonna take the pledge 

The pressures of society are getting to your brain 

And forced you to act weird 

And put me under all this strain 

But don't drive me over the edge of it 

Stop while I've still got emotions 

Joined the crowd, just to be part of it 

That was the start of it 

Oh, over the edge 

Don't drive me over the edge of it 

Everybody is a victim of society 

Comedy, tragedy 

Vaudeville, variety 

Pantomime players in the grand tradition 

Forced into roles that leave them totally driven 

Right over the edge