We′re not cynics, we just don't believe a word you say

We′re not critics, we just hate it all anyway

If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands like this

'Cause the rest of us are wonderin′ what on earth we missed

If you′re happy and you know it, stomp your feet real loud

The rest of us could use some cheering up right now

Oh, please, shoot us up with something shiny and quick

We like our thrills dirt cheap and our irony thick

Oh, whatever, never mind, we're just crying for help

I guess we′ll heal the old-fashioned way and do it ourselves

Oh, this is all we know

Oh, tragic and miserable

We're not cynics, we just don′t believe a word you say

We're not critics, we just hate it all anyway

Oh, this is all we′ve got

Oh, we do what we've been taught

We're not cynics, we just don′t believe a word you say

We′re not critics, we just hate it all anyway

Sometimes I think we push your buttons just for fun

Sometimes I think our kind of crazy has already been done

We're a copy of a copy, everything we swore we′d not be

Yeah, the truth hurts, but it hasn't stung enough to stop me

Oh, please, can′t you give us something better than this?

We've built up a tolerance to all your veteran tricks

You′re busy smiling on cue when you don't have a clue

We're a mess and we know it, we want you to know too

Oh, this is all we know

Oh, tragic and miserable

We′re not cynics, we just don′t believe a word you say

We're not critics, we just hate it all anyway

Oh, this is all we′ve got

Oh, we do what we've been taught

We′re not cynics, we just don't believe a word you say

We′re not critics, we just hate it all anyway

If you're happy and you know it

Then there might be something wrong with you

What's the point in holding on

When all of us don′t want you to?

It′d make us feel better knowing you'd be stuck forever

Sick minds stick together, we can stay sick forever

(We can stay sick forever)

Oh, this is all we know

Oh, tragic and miserable

We′re not cynics, we just don't believe a word you say

We′re not critics, we just hate it all

Oh, this is all we know

Oh, tragic and miserable

We're not cynics, we just don′t believe a word you say

We're not critics, we just hate it all anyway

Oh, this is all we've got

Oh, we do what we′ve been taught

We′re not cynics, we just don't believe a word you say

We′re not critics, we just hate it all anyway

We're not cynics, we just don′t believe a word you say

We're not critics, we just hate it all anyway