Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Tears For Fears
(written by Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley and Chris Hughes)

- as recorded by Tears For Fears on the album "Songs From The Big Chair"
  (Vertigo VOG-1-3353) released March 1985
- 14 weeks in the Billboard Top 40 in 1985, including 2 weeks at #1

Welcome to your life
There's no turning back
Even while we sleep
We will find you acting on your best behavior
Turn your back on Mother Nature
Everybody wants to rule the world

It's my own design
It's my own remorse
Help me to decide
Help me make the most of freedom and of pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world

   There's a room where the light won't find you
   Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
   When they do, I'll be right behind you

So glad we've almost made it
So sad they had to fade it
Everybody wants to rule the world

------ instrumental break ------

I can't stand this indecision
Married with a lack of vision
Everybody wants to rule the ...

   Say that you'll never, never, never, never need it
   One headline, why believe it?
   Everybody wants to rule the world

All for freedom and for pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world

------ lead guitar (Neil Taylor) ------