Everybody’s doing it,
So why shouldn’t you?
Everybody’s doing it,
Why can’t you?

Running the race and getting tired,
Going nowhere and not inspired,
Push your way ahead of a child,
Take the short cut into the wild,

Cause everybody’s doing it,
So why shouldn’t you?
Everybody’s doing it,
Why can’t you?

Cut to the front of the line,
Justify it by not having the time,
Brush off all of your friends,
Tell them how your story ends,

Cause everybody’s doing it,
So why shouldn’t you?
Everybody’s doing it,
Why can’t you?

But one of these days you’ll stop and wonder why,
One of these days you’ll realize that it’s all a lie –

So close your eyes and don’t make a sound,
Let the world find you out,
Feel your pretense drift into the fray,
Go your own way –

Cause no one else is doing it,
But why can’t you?
Nobody else is doing it,
Still, why shouldn’t you?

If no one else is doing it,
What does that mean to you?
Nobody else is doing it,
But then again, why should you?