Standard (EADGBE)

 Broken lines, broken strings, broken threads, broken springs

 Broken idols, broken heads, people sleeping in broken beds

 Ain't no use jivin', ain't no use jokin'

 Everything is broken

Broken bottles, broken plates, broken switches, broken gates

Broken dishes, broken parts, streets are filled with broken hearts

Broken words never meant to be spoken

Everything is broken

 Seems like every time you stop and turn around

 Something else has just hit the ground

Broken cutters, broken saws, broken buckles, broken laws

Broken bodies, broken bones, broken voices on broken phones

Take a deep breath, feel like you're chokin'

Everything is broken

 Every time you leave and go off some place

 Things fall to pieces in my face

Broken hands on broken plows, broken treaties, broken vows

Broken pipes, broken tools, people bending broken rules

Hound dog howlin', bullfrog croakin'

Everything is broken