POP ETC - Backwards World Lyrics

I can tell it wears you out
You deserve better now
But a loss is a loss
Any old way

You played by the rules
You kept every word
But no one ever heard
What you wanted to say

It's a backwards world
It's a backwards world
Upstream is forward
In a backwards world

When a man gets your respect
You know it won't buy him much
So maybe it's not
Worth as much as it once was

If the total of it all
Doesn't add up to an ounce
So when [?] then what is it for?
Yeah, what is it all for?

It's a backwards world
It's a backwards world
Upstream is forward
In our backwards world

Is this truly my faith?
Pray to the Lord my soul to take around, around, around
If you don't show me sign
Then it's up to me to find

It's a backwards world
It's a backwards world
Upstream is forward
In our backwards world