Do you think
Everything
Everyone
Is goin' mental
It seems to me
It's spiraling
Out of control
Well dont you think
This time is yours
This time is mine
Its temperamental

It seems to me
We're on all fours
Crawling on your knees someone help us please

Oh Jesus Christ Almighty
Do i feel alright?
No not slightly
I wanna get a flat and no i can't afford it
Its just those bureacrats that wont give me a mortgage
Its very funny cause I got your fucking money
and I'm never gonna get it just of my bad credit
Oh well I guess I mustn't grumble
I suppose it's just the way the cookie crumbles

Oh yes I'm fine
Everything's just wonderful
I'm having the time of my life

Well do you want
Something else
Something new
Than what we got here
Well do you feel
Its all the same
Some sick game
Its so insincere

I wish i could
Change the ways
Of the world
Make it a nice place
Until that day
I guess we stay
Doin' what we do, screwin' who we screw

Why can't i sleep at night
Gonna say its gonna be alright
I wanna be able to east spaghetti bolognese
And not feel bad about it for days and days and days

All the magazines they talk about weight loss
If i buy those jeans
I can look like Kate Moss
I know its not the life that i chose
But i guess thats just the way that things go



Lyrics submitted by kiwifruit

"Everything's Just Wonderful" as written by Gregory Allen Kurstin, Lily Allen

Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group

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    General Comment:Lily Allen is a flippin’ genius!!! This is my favorite song of hers. This song oozes sarcasm. That’s why I love its rather up-tempo beat and its quite happy, bouncy beginning. She’s saying some profound stuff that shouldn’t go with this music… but it does! This is the theme for my life…
    Flag skyflyerjenon September 23, 2011   Link
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    Lyric Correction:Two corrections:

    It seems to me
    We're spiralling
    Outta control
    And it's inevitable

    Now don't you think
    ....

    ("And it's inevitable" is not INSTEAD OF "don't you think" as two people have said - the line's simply been left out of the posted lyrics)

    Oh yes, I'm fine

    (booklet says "yeah" instead of "yes", but the next word is "I'm" not "so" in any case)
    Flag flashgon September 10, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Happy/sad conflict seems to be a recurring theme in Lily's songs. She rants about the problems in her life and the wider world, but at the same time she is trying not to feel too let down.

    Oh yes, I'm fine
    Everything's just wonderful
    I'm havin' the time of my life.

    This might be not so much sarcasm as exaggerated optimism - like "my glass is full" instead of "my glass is half full". Or maybe she's telling people she's fine because she doesn't like to keep on about these issues.
    Flag flashgon September 10, 2011   Link
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    My Opinion:I luv lily allen! shes so sarcastic gives an ironic look on life! "everything is wonderful" so not tru. she is saying her life at the moment is shit!
    Flag wftlyrichick95on February 07, 2011   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:yeah
    instead of don't you think

    it's "it's inevitable"
    wtf.

    oh jesus christ almighty.
    Flag thrwmyhrtawy.on December 30, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Do you think everything, everyone
    Is goin' mental?
    (lily is looking at the world from a spectator view, relizing how things are)
    It seems to me,
    We're spiralling out of control
    And don't you think
    This time is yours, this time is mine
    It's tempermental
    (she is saying that it's all going downhill.)
    It seems to me,
    We're on all fours,
    Crawling on our knees, someone help us please
    (comparing humans to small children or animals, because of the way humans want and make mess and leave chaos)
    Oh Jesus, Christ Almighty,
    Do I feel alright? No, not slightly.
    I wanna get a flat, I know I can afford it
    It's just the bureaucrats that won't give me a mortgage.
    It's very funny, 'cause I got your fucking money
    And I'm never gonna get it, just 'cause of my bad credit.
    (she is saying she's got someone, perhaps an ex's money, but she can't access it due to her credit and the control of society. She also can't have enough money to even house herself. And it's the people in charge or the econamy or a greater force causing this/)
    Oh well, I guess I mustn't grumble
    I suppose it's just the way the cookie crumbles.
    (there is no point complaining, it's just the way things are)
    Oh, yeah, so fine
    Everything's just wonderful
    I'm havin' the time of my life.
    (**the lyric is oh, yes, i'm fine.
    She is being sarcastic here, she is not fine,)
    Another one,
    Something else, something new
    What have we got here?
    And don't you feel, it's all the same,
    Some sick game, it's so insincere.
    (**the lyric is everyone, not another one. she's saying life is some sick game. everyone also always has or wants something else or something new.)
    I wish I could, change the ways
    Of the world, make it a nice place
    Until that day, I guess we stay
    Doin' what we do, screwin' who we screw.
    (she can't change the world/ we will keep doing the bad tings we do and having sex and being mean and cruel to people.)
    Why can't I sleep at night?
    Don't say it's gonna be alright,
    I wanna be able to eat spaghetti bolognase,
    And not feel bad about it for days and days and days,
    All the magazines they talk about weight loss,
    If I buy those jeans, I can look like Kate Moss
    I know that it's not the life I chose,
    But I guess that's just the way that things go.
    (saying about society's scorn upon people who eat, the obbsession with celebrity and dieting, she didn't pick this way of life but she has to liv it)
    Oh, yeah, so fine
    Everything's just wonderful
    I'm havin' the time of my life. (x2)

    Oh Jesus, Christ Almighty,
    Do I feel alright? No, not slightly.
    I wanna get a flat, I know I can afford it
    It's just the bureaucrats that won't give me a mortgage.
    It's very funny, 'cause I got your fucking money
    And I'm never gonna get it, just 'cause of my bad credit.

    Oh well, I guess I mustn't grumble
    I suppose it's just the way the cookie crumbles.

    Oh, yeah, so fine
    Everything's just wonderful
    I'm havin' the time of my life. (x2)
    Flag cant_stop_ohon January 10, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Do you think everything, everyone
    Is goin' mental?
    (lily is looking at the world from a spectator view, relizing how things are)
    It seems to me,
    We're spiralling out of control
    And don't you think
    This time is yours, this time is mine
    It's tempermental
    (she is saying that it's all going downhill.)
    It seems to me,
    We're on all fours,
    Crawling on our knees, someone help us please
    (comparing humans to small children or animals, because of the way humans want and make mess and leave chaos)
    Oh Jesus, Christ Almighty,
    Do I feel alright? No, not slightly.
    I wanna get a flat, I know I can afford it
    It's just the bureaucrats that won't give me a mortgage.
    It's very funny, 'cause I got your fucking money
    And I'm never gonna get it, just 'cause of my bad credit.
    (she is saying she's got someone, perhaps an ex's money, but she can't access it due to her credit and the control of society. She also can't have enough money to even house herself. And it's the people in charge or the econamy or a greater force causing this/)
    Oh well, I guess I mustn't grumble
    I suppose it's just the way the cookie crumbles.
    (there is no point complaining, it's just the way things are)
    Oh, yeah, so fine
    Everything's just wonderful
    I'm havin' the time of my life.
    (**the lyric is oh, yes, i'm fine.
    She is being sarcastic here, she is not fine,)
    Another one,
    Something else, something new
    What have we got here?
    And don't you feel, it's all the same,
    Some sick game, it's so insincere.
    (**the lyric is everyone, not another one. she's saying life is some sick game. everyone also always has or wants something else or something new.)
    I wish I could, change the ways
    Of the world, make it a nice place
    Until that day, I guess we stay
    Doin' what we do, screwin' who we screw.
    (she can't change the world/ we will keep doing the bad tings we do and having sex and being mean and cruel to people.)
    Why can't I sleep at night?
    Don't say it's gonna be alright,
    I wanna be able to eat spaghetti bolognase,
    And not feel bad about it for days and days and days,
    All the magazines they talk about weight loss,
    If I buy those jeans, I can look like Kate Moss
    I know that it's not the life I chose,
    But I guess that's just the way that things go.
    (saying about society's scorn upon people who eat, the obbsession with celebrity and dieting, she didn't pick this way of life but she has to liv it)
    Oh, yeah, so fine
    Everything's just wonderful
    I'm havin' the time of my life. (x2)

    Oh Jesus, Christ Almighty,
    Do I feel alright? No, not slightly.
    I wanna get a flat, I know I can afford it
    It's just the bureaucrats that won't give me a mortgage.
    It's very funny, 'cause I got your fucking money
    And I'm never gonna get it, just 'cause of my bad credit.

    Oh well, I guess I mustn't grumble
    I suppose it's just the way the cookie crumbles.

    Oh, yeah, so fine
    Everything's just wonderful
    I'm havin' the time of my life. (x2)
    Flag cant_stop_ohon January 10, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:the chorus bit reminds me of a song by The Cardigans, im not sure which one though :)
    Flag ..Becci..on January 05, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Lily's really good at getting to the point and exposing stuff for what it really is. This song is pretty serious, but the beat is really fun. It makes me happy.

    :]]
    Flag xx_darling_xxon September 20, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Screw who we screw...means fucking people over. Everyone is out for themselves. No one alive is human. The entire world has a mental disease.
    Flag hellopeopleon September 12, 2007   Link

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