Drift away, just drift away   Sometimes I wish, I could just drift away      They say there's gonna be a river of blood   It's apocalypse now   So, we're prefer the flood   The ice is gonna melt, the water gonna rise   And we'll all go to hell   So, they're keepin' us advised   While the dollar falls down   The yen gonna climb   It's a moral decline   And I'm losing my mind      I think I'll just drift away   To that island of my dreams   Live in total fantasy   Close my eyes and drift away      Back in the real world   There's tension everywhere   And the smell of fear   Keeps hanging around and polluting the air   The man on the news is going over the top   Now, he'll say anything so his show don't flop   Wall Street's down, so what   And according to astute market analysis   The world's gonna stop   They shout the story to the nation   Pass on the panic to the population   This is the end of civilization   It's all over now      Meanwhile, I just drift away   To my island in the sun   Imaginary paradise, perfection   Sometimes I wish I could just drift away   Drift away   Drift away   Drift away      Now, all the politicians are running out of hope   They've burned all their bridges   Now, they just can't cope   And who do we blame now we're all going broke?   It's that man over there   Who's hanging from a rope   Newsmen winding up the nation   A little bad news helps circulation   Pass on the panic to the population   It's all over, it's all over   It's all over, now      Times like this, I just drift away   To my tropical fantasy   Living on coconuts growing on the trees   Sometimes, I wish I could just drift away   Drift away   Drift away   Drift away   It's apocalypse, now   Drift away   The rivers of blood   Drift away   And the man on the news is going over the top      Sometimes, I just drift away   To my island in the sun   Imaginary paradise, perfection   Sometimes, I wish I could just drift away   Drift away   Drift away      Drift away   Drift away   Drift away   Drift away