[Verse 1]
I don't want to hear the noises on TV
I don't want the salesmen coming after me
I don't want to live in my father's house no more
I don't want it faster, I don't want it free
I don't want to show you what they've done to me
I don't want to live in my father's house no more
I don't want to choose black or blue
I don't want to see what they've done to you
I don't want to live in my father's house no more

[Hook]
Because the tide is high
And it's rising still
And I don't want to see it at my windowsill

[Verse 2]
I don't want to give them my name and address
I don't want to see what happens next
I don't want to live in my father's house no more
I don't want to live with my father's debt
You can't forgive what you can't forget
I don't want to live in my father's house no more
I don't want to fight in the holy war
I don't want the salesmen knocking at my door
I don't want to live in America no more

[Hook]
Because the tide is high
And it's rising still
And I don't want to see it at my windowsill
I don't want to see it at my windowsill
I don't want to see it at my windowsill
I don't want to see it at my windowsill

[Verse 3]
MTV, what have you done to me?
Save my soul, set me free
Set me free, what have you done to me?
I can't breathe, I can't see
World War III, when are you coming for me?
Been kicking up sparks to set the flames free
The windows are locked now, so what'll it be?
A house on fire or the rising sea?
Why is the night so still?
Why did I take the pill?
Because I don't want to see it at my windowsill

[Outro]
I don't want to see it at my windowsill