“It’s a Hectic World” began life as one of the first two songs recorded by Descendents before they had a vocalist, appearing on the “Ride the Wild / It’s a Hectic World” single in 1979. Tony Lombardo, who wrote the track, provides vocals on this version, which later appeared on the “Bonus FAT” EP. I...
[Verse 1]
It’s a hectic world, making me a nervous wreck
It’s a hectic world, wish I had no intellect
[Chorus]
It’s a rat race
God, what a pace
It’s a rat race
It’s a disgrace
You gotta keep up with the crowd
If you can’t be quiet then I gotta be loud
(It's a rat race)
(It's a rat race)
(It's a rat race)
[Bridge]
Hey
You
[Verse 2]
Trying to get ahead is what I’m supposed to you
No matter what I do I gotta get ahead of you
[Chorus]
It’s a rat race
God, what a pace
It’s a rat race
It’s a disgrace
You gotta keep up with the crowd
If you can’t be quiet then I gotta be loud
(It's a rat race)
(It's a rat race)
(It's a rat race)
It’s a Hectic World was written by Tony Lombardo.
It’s a Hectic World was produced by David Nolte.