When I was young, my mind would always wander away   I couldn't talk, never had nothin' to say   But now I'm grown, nothing much seems to have changed   I think I'm going insane yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah      Is this a fairy tale, are you the seven dwarfs   Did Snow White really die while fighting in the war?   They were the only friends I ever trusted   Now they're scattered, and livin' in the city unlisted numbers      Cinderella undercover   I say, better alive than dead      The war is coming, but there's nothing much that we can do   Stuck in a pay-phone, but the operator won't let me through   I close my eyes, but the memories burn in my brain   I think I'm going insane yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah      I heard a rumor, they said it's gone nuclear   I stockpile cigarettes, and double bold the door   A sanctuary for all my friends we'll stay in bed until the world ends   So please don't wake me, I gotta get some sleep      Cinderella undercover   I say, better alive than dead      I think I'm going insane, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah   Is this a fairy tale, this can't be real   There's fighting all around, they're shooting in the fields   They say that values change when hunger or ambition strikes      Survival is essential, at any cost or any price   The cartoon animals on old McDonald's farm   Are nodding off in hotel rooms with needles in their arms   The seven dwarfs, there's only four alive today      Cinderella's working for the CIA   Cinderella, the fairy tale's over      You should know, you got the scars to prove it   And your skin isn't as soft as it used to   But I don't care, come on you said it baby      Cinderella undercover   I say, better alive than   Cinderella undercover   I say, better alive than dead