Punishing World Lyrics - New York Dolls

Universe is drama and it plays this game 

Got so involved, forgot we're all the same 

Appears so real and it does it so well 

Some of us in heaven, some are in hell 

On the edge of our seat, don't know where it's gonna go 

'Til we're all throwin' bombs, screamin', "On with the show!" 

In a punishing world 

Incredibly punishing world 

Vortex of defensiveness in which I quip 

Escaping conflicted, the conflict I try to escape 

Try to find some comfort, what I find instead 

Like changing my position on a cement bed 

A mess of anxiety that lusts and loathes 

Livin' in terror of debt and in the misery I know 

In a punishing world 

Incredibly punishing world 

Subterfuge, Orwellian doublespeak 

A consciously awarin' little ego-freak 

So much bullshit everywhere I go 

Amazing how many things there are that aren't so 

In a punishing world 

Incredibly punishing world 

Punishing world 

Punishing world 

Instead of compassion, lots of love and joy 

A vast competition, compulsion to destroy 

Further from line I get in spirit and mind 

Selfishness makes stronger all the ties that bind 

I laboriously make 'em with my words and thoughts 

'Til they're impossible to break, I'm stuck, I'm done 

In a punishing world 

Incredibly punishing world 

It's a punishing world 

Such a punishing world 

What a bummer punishing world 

All summer punishing world 

Man, it's a punishing world 

Yeah, a punishing world 

It's a punishing