There's something happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware

I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

Battle lines being drawn
Nobody's right if everyone's wrong
People speaking their minds
Getting so much resistance from behind

Yeah, stop children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

What a field-day for the heat
Ten thousand people in the street
Singing songs and carrying signs
Mostly say, hooray for our side

I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid
Step out of line, the man come and take you away

Stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

You better stop!
Stop
You better stop!
Stop
You better stop!

You ask me to read this letter
That you wrote the night before
And you really should know better
'Cause she's worth a whole lot more

Brother, you know
You can't run away and hide
Is it you don't want to see her cries?
Is that why you won't go and say goodbye?

Then you said the fault was yours
And you really were to blame
It was as if to close the doors
And to hide away in shame

Brother, you know
You can't run away and hide
Is it you don't want to see her cries?
Is that why you won't go and say goodbye?

Yes, and why, tell me why?
Can't you see that it's not right?
It's a lie, it's a lie
Don't hide your sorrow in the night

Brother, you know
You can't run away and hide
Is it you don't want to see her cries?
Is that why you won't go and say goodbye?

And I know the pain is double
But for her it's even worse
You must face her with the trouble
Though it's hurting like a curse

Brother, you know
You can't run away and hide
Is it you don't want to see her cries?
Is that why you won't go and say goodbye?

Brother, you know
You can't run away and hide
Is it you don't want to see her cries?
Is that why you won't go and say
Gonna go and say, gonna go and say goodbye?

Sit down, I think I love you
Anyway I'd like to try
I can't stop thinking of you
If you go I'll know I cry

Can't you see that I'm a desperate man ?
I can hide, just being around
You want to know what they say about 'the bird in the hand'
And that's why, I ain't leaving without you

So if you want someone to love you
Pretty baby, I'm your guy
It's not much I'm asking of you
Just a 'please give me a try'

Can't you see that I'm a desperate man ?
I can hide, just being around
You know what they say about 'the bird in the hand'
And that's why, I ain't leaving without you

So if you want someone to love you
Pretty baby, I'm your guy
It's not much I'm asking of you
Just a 'please give me a try'

Sit down, I think I love you
Sit down, I think I love you
Sit down, I think I love you
Sit down, I think I love

Hey, who's that stompin' all over my face?
Where's that silhouette I'm tryin' to trace?
Who's puttin' sponge in the bells I once rung?
And takin' my gypsy before she's begun

Just singin' and dreamin' of what's in my mind
Before I can take home what's rightfully mine
Joinin' and a listenin' and talkin' in rhymes
Stoppin' the feelin' to wait for the times

Who's sayin', baby, that don't mean a thing?
'Cause nowadays Clancy can't even sing

And who's all hung up on that happiness thing?
Who's tryin' to tune all the bells that he rings?
And who's in the corner and down on the floor?
With pencil and paper just countin' the score

Who's tryin' to act like he's just in between?
The night isn't black, if you know that it's green
Don't bother lookin', you're too blind to see
Who's comin' on like he wanted to be?

Who's sayin', baby, that don't mean a thing?
'Cause nowadays Clancy can't even sing

And who's coming home on the old nine-to-five?
Who's got the feelin' here to keep him alive?
Though havin' it, sharin' it ain't quite the same
You painted it golden nugget, you can't lay a claim

Who's seein' eyes through the crack in the floor?
There it is, baby, don't you worry no more
Who should be sleepin' but is writin' this song?
Wishin' and a hopin' he weren't so damned wrong

Who's saying, baby, that don't mean a thing?
'Cause nowadays Clancy can't even sing

Who's saying, baby, that don't mean a thing?
'Cause nowadays Clancy can't even sing

I'm a city boy and I stay at home,
I make no excuses, I just don't want to roam,
And I don't like being alone.
I'll give you loving and a place to take off your shoes,

It does surprising things for a case of the blues,
It ain't no club, you don't have to pay no dues,
You just love me and I'll love you.
And if you take some pride in being alive,

And you're interested in looking inside
Of yourself,
Just drop on by, baby ask me why,
At least you don't have to be by
Yourself

Just come knock, most likely I'll be there,
Then you look around and find a comfortable chair,
And then you sit and you might think about why he's there,
I can't tell you why, only where.

It isn't very long
You'll see before I'm gone
That everybody's wrong

Those of us who run
To catch a moment in the sun
Seem to find the when we're done
That we weren't supposed to run

And there's to many words going down
Babe wrecking against the walls with the hollow sound
All about what it's going to be
Yes, you know what it was you see
It ain't million, you and me not a crown

Finding what you sought
After all the time you fought
Sometimes leave's you with the thought
That perhaps you just been caught

And there's to many words going down
Babe wrecking against the walls with the hollow sound
All about what it's going to be
Yes, you know what it was you see
It ain't million, you and me not a crown

Finding what you sought
After all the time you fought
Sometimes leave's you with the thought
That perhaps you just been caught

Is my world not falling down
I'm in pieces on the ground
And my eyes aren't open
And I'm standing on my knees

But if crying and holding on
And flying on the ground is wrong
Then I'm sorry to let you down
But you're from my side of town
And I miss you

Turn me up or turn me down
Turn me off or turn me round
I wish I could have met you in a place
Where we both belong

But if crying and holding on
And flying on the ground is wrong
Then I'm sorry to let you down
But you're from my side of town
And I miss you

Sometimes I feel like I'm just a helpless child
Sometimes I feel like a kid
But baby, since I have changed
I can't take nothing home

City lights at a country fair
Never shine but always glare
If I'm bright enough to see you
You're just too dark to care

But if crying and holding on
And flying on the ground is wrong
Then I'm sorry to let you down
But you're from my side of town
And I miss you

Been burned and with both feet on the ground
I've learned that it's painful coming down

No use runnin' away, and there's no time left to stay
Now I'm findin' out that it's so confusin'
No time left and I know I'm losin'

Flashed, and I think I'm fallin' down
Crashed, and my ears can hear a sound

No use runnin' away, and there's no time left to stay
Now I'm findin' out that it's so confusin'
No time left and I know I'm losin'

Now I'm findin' out that it's so confusin'
No time left and I know I'm losin'

Burned and with both feet on the ground
Been burned and with both feet on the ground
I've learned that it's painful comin' down

No use runnin' away, and there's no time left to stay
Now I'm findin' out that it's so confusin'
No time left and I know I'm losin'

Do I have to come right out and say it?
Tell you that you look so fine
Do I have to come right out and ask you to be mine?

If it was a game I could play it
Trying to make it but I'm losing time
I got to bring you in, you're overworking my mind

Indecision is crowding me
I have no room to spare
And I can't believe she cared

Like a dream she has taken me
And now I don't know where
And a part of me is scared
The part of me I shared once before

Do I have to come right out and say it?
Tell you that you look so fine
Do I have to come right out and ask you to be mine?

Indecision is crowding me
I have no room to spare
And I can't believe she cared

Like a dream she has taken me
And now I don't know where
And a part of me is scared
The part of me I shared once before

Do I have to come right out and say it girl?
Tell you that you look so fine
Do I have to come right out and ask you to be mine?

If it was a game I could play it
Trying to make it but I'm losing time
I got to bring you in, you're overworking my mind

Do I have to come right out and say it girl?
Tell you that you look so fine

Nobody knows, nobody sees
That what you can do
We know this pleas
But in most of the time
Not me
Yeah hear
My pleas, please

Go away, to stay
Get out of my life
You've been my wife
I've been Jew
To be
Yeah hear
My plea, please

You will be sorry, when you wake up tomorrow
And you leave a lover, won't leave a love
You won't accept the fact
That I'm not ready for the step above
Forever love

And the look, on your face
I decided to make it
To another place
I'll see you around
My sweet, won't you please hear
My plea, plea
Alright

You will be sorry, when you wake up tomorrow
And you leave a lover, won't leave a love
You won't accept the fact
That I'm not ready for the step above
Forever love

By the look, on your face
I decided to make it
To another place
I'll see you around
My sweet, won't you please hear
My plea, please

Ah, nobody knows, nobody sees
That what you can do
We know this plea
But in most of the time
Not me

Won't you please hear
My pleas
That what you do is to me
Won't you please hear
My pleas, pleas

Out of my mind
And I just can't take it anymore
Left behind
By myself and what I'm living for
All I hear are screams from outside the Limousines
That are taking me
Out of my mind

Through the keyhole in an open door
Happy to find
That I don't know what I'm smiling for

Tired of hanging on
If you've missed me
I've just gone
'Cause they're taking me
Out of my mind

Out of my mind
And I just can't take it anymore
Left behind
By myself and what I'm living for
All I hear are screams from outside the Limousines
That are taking me
Out of my mind

And I know what the tears are for
That's a line that I just can't buy
You can't fool me so don't try

And I see another man in your eyes
Yes and you're old enough to know you can't live lies
Yes and so I'm telling you just exactly what to do
'Cause you can't have two. Take some advice
Pay the price

And it was another time or place
Another day, another face
I'm telling you babe it's all you know
That one of is gonna have to go

Yes and I know you hate to see me cry
But I have to go and I tell you why
Without your love I just can't go on
And three's a crowd, and it's wrong

Baby don't scold me
You see I'm not old enough
To recognise all the signs you might find - if you just told me!

From now on it would be wise to spill it when you, baby you, you've got eyes.

Bet you just like me - you dream of what might be
But when it comes to the words
They sound absurd taken lightly.

From now on it would be wise to spill it when you, baby you, you've got eyes.

When you see the sun
You don't have to run
Stand and watch it
Not an extra moment will it last.

If you need me, you don't have to plead me
Baby just let me feel something real
And if you'll heed me

From now on it would be wise to spill it when you, baby you, you've got eyes.

When you see the sun
You don't have to run
Stand and watch it
Not an extra moment will it last.

If you need me, you don't have to plead me
Baby just let me feel something real
And if you'll heed me

From now on it would be wise to spill it when you, baby you, you've got eyes.