That's the problem, dear, with angry people 
They try to go it alone 
Digging in and making cranky feeble pleas 
That other angries disown 
Angry people think a good solution 
Is getting others involved 
So they surround themselves with happy people 
And watch their smiles dissolve 

We just drag them down 
We just drag them down 
We just drag them down
Until they're just like us 

Angry people get so sanctimonious 
Telling us what to do 
Hoping no one outs them all as phonies just cause 
We are all phonies too 
And those of us who once had wives and families 
Understand what I mean 
What was once a calm and peaceful refuge 
Is overtaken by spleen 

'Cause we just drag them down 
We just drag them down 
We just drag them down 
Until they're just like us 

I am the singer in the band 
We're only trying to lend a hand 
And though it's not what we had planned 
We understand 

That we just drag you down 
We just drag you down 
We just drag you down 
Until you're just like us 

In a square a thousand angry people 
Are waving signs in the air (HEY!) 
While a million other happy people 
Are trying hard not to care (BACK OFF!) 
You see, the happy people's biggest problem 
Is they're never fearing the worst 
While the rest of us will never sleep until 
Your happy bubbles are burst 

Yeah, we just drag them down 
Didn't I just drag you down 
Just watch me drag you down 
Until you're just like us 
Until you're just like us 
Oh, until you're just like us 
Until you're just like us