Everybody's looking for the real thing But everybody's in a tizzy arguing There's a cloud of resistance undermining There's a growing obsession and we're suffering An arrogant omission in the belt way Forgetting past sins Can only lead astray Do the mess around Spin it round and round Everybody dumb it down Dumb it down No more room for the misfit No air play without a smash hit The odd man out is chompin' at the bit Corruption's feeding and everybody's gettin' lit The truth going down in the quicksand Do whatever it takes, to fill supply on demand Do the mess around Spin it round and round Everybody dumb it down Dumb it down Everybody dumb it down Dumb it down In your sleepy eyes The ghost of Malachi Do the mess around Spin it round and round Everybody dumb it down Dumb it down Everybody dumb it down Dumb it down