The rhythm is in 3 beats like a waltz. ONE ....2...3... ONE ... 2...3 Chorus: 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 a glistening shine Verse 1: It’s in with the new; out with the old; out with the warm and in comes the cold It’s the most predictable story told ... in with the young out with the old Verse 2: ......... ... belly full of high dollar wine... fat hand fat wallet too Things change and get strange with the movement of time ... it’s happening right now to you Bridge It’s a real bad time to bring up the truth .... Tough we searched we found no fountain of youth ... Not in spain No where near ... any where close to here Verse 3: Nothings good Because Nothing lasts ... And all that comes it comes here to pass I would voice my pain but the change wouldn’t last ... All that comes it comes here to pass