Aggravation

By The Kinks

On UK Jive

Released on October 2, 1989

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Life grinds on day after day

In the city streets and motorways

The tension spreads just like a plague

Killing reason on the way

Like wildfire it spreads through the nation

Chocking us with aggravation

Who needs it? The aggravation the daily goddam hassle

It's a bummer, who gives a dam?

Bumper to bumper in the traffic jam

Clench your jaw, getting all up tight

Breathing fumes, stuck in a tin can

Trapped, trapped

Hate, frustration, no escape

Glaring eyes all filled with hate

Arteries throb, coronaries pound

Aggravation all around

Like wildfire it spreads through the nation

Choking us with aggravation

They won the peace, we lost the war

So what are we still fighting for?

The highway's blocked, is this my end

To follow a Mercedes Benz?

Hey, Mitzibushi and Toyota, who said that the war was over?

Aggravations everywhere, get outta my way get out of my hair

Another jam, another day, another hair is turning grey

I wanna scream, I wanna say

Get outta my hair, get out of my way

Who needs it? Aggravation, aggravation

Had enough of all this aggravation

Tension choking up blocking my circulation

I've had enough, I've had enough of all this aggravation

While traffic jams and tempers break

The city streets are full of hate

The lights are red, it's all too late

How much can a poor man take?

Aggravation in my mind my body and my soul

There's no solution to it all, it's out of control

Out of control

Is it my imagination, am I seeing what is true?

If we are living in damnation

I'd live in hell to be with you, what more can I do?

I gotta violent streak caused by

We're getting uptight, wanna fight, everybody back bite

Now we can't turn back the future's bleak

I gotta mean appetite

I gotta get my daily fill of aggravation

Don't push 'cos I'm really pumped

I'm ready when you are, punk

So step aside, unless your dumb

I'm all wound up with aggravation

Had enough of all this aggravation

Winding up, stress filled, mad intimidation

And it touches all the passers-by

As dog eats dog to stay alive

Then moves on through the population

Till there's mass contamination

With violent streets all filled with fear

Pollution in the atmosphere

The ozone's gone and that's no fun

I've had enough of this, old son

Who needs it? Aggravation

And I don't have any answers

I just got an attitude

Do what it takes just to survive it

Another day but I'll get through

What more can I do?