| Down with the shine, the perfect shine | 
| That poisons the well, and ruins my mind | 
| I get took for a ride every time | 
| Down with the glistening shine | 
| It’s in with the new, and out with the old | 
| Out goes the warm, and in comes the cold | 
| It’s the most predictable story told | 
| It’s in with the young, out with the old | 
| Down with the shine, the perfect shine | 
| That poisons the well, and ruins my mind | 
| I get took for a ride every time | 
| Down with the glistening shine | 
| A belly full of high-dollar wine | 
| A fat hand, a fat wallet too | 
| Things change and get strange | 
| With this movement of time | 
| It’s happening right now to you | 
| Down with the shine, the perfect shine | 
| That poisons the well, and ruins my mind | 
| I get took for a ride every time | 
| Down with the glistening shine | 
| It’s a real bad time to bring up the truth | 
| Though we’ve searched we found no Fountain of youth | 
| Not in Spain, no where near anywhere | 
| Close to here | 
| There’s nothing good because nothing lasts | 
| And all that comes here, it comes here to pass | 
| I would voice my pain but the change wouldn’t last | 
| All that comes, it comes here to pass | 
| Down with the shine, the perfect shine | 
| That poisons the well, and ruins my mind | 
| I get took for a ride every time | 
| Down with the glistening shine | 
| I get took for a ride every time | 
| Down with the glistening shine |