Flip Your Wig

I could stay here the rest of my life
I could be happy, never be lonely
I don't need to go looking for misery
I could surround myself with my props
Playing my part, getting caught up
In a game, some game, that anyone can play

I could be proud of things i have done
Pretend i don't have to try to be someone
I could say that i've done it all before
I could get wiser, i could get jaded
I could remember, i could just fade away
In a game that anyone can play

I am so proud, i don't have to try
Never a need to justify it when
People say "hey i was important too"
Memories go to reinforce
The things i have done, for better or worse
It's a game that anyone can play

Just when you think that all your answers are so right
You'll fade away and disappear from sight
The ones who said you're great will find another way

I could be sad, i could be lonely
I could still have some friends if i only
Didn't play the games i had to play
I was important when i was cool
Now it gets lonely playing the fool
It's a game that anyone can play

Find me a country
Far from my home
Sent me on an airline
And they told me where i'm going
Well i know they tried to get me here
Just to see if i would fly
So find me

So i found this civilization
That they told me all about
There was boats inside of waterfalls
With people jumping out
Of the ocean that kept flaming up
But i know it's all a lie
So find me

There's a thousand million voices
They're screaming in my eyes
Preachers in the forest
Sirens in the sky
Well i walked around and i cried a lot
Thought that i would die
Find me

It's a great big world
There's a million other guys
I feel so lucky when i look
In those green eyes

Is it the sun
That makes them so green
Those are the prettiest eyes
I have ever seen

Green eyes...

What makes them sparkle
What makes them shine
What makes those eyes of yours
Look into mine

Only angels have wings girl
And poets have all the words
The earth belongs to the two of us
And the sky belongs to the birds
You've given me so much happiness
That i'll wrap up and give you this song
You gotta grab it with both hands
You gotta keep hanging on...

The cat walks to the window
And i hear the key turn in the door
No one knows and anything goes
And everything falls on the floor
The apartment starts shaking
And the roof opens up to the sun
The crows flying in parallel lines
And golly isn't this great fun?

Laying in each other's arms
We're sleepy, we begin to nod
And we start to dream of grandiose things
Oh, god, oh, god, oh, god
You gotta keep hanging on

Welcome to this world that we live in
Normal people going for a spin
And we don't realize
That it changes all our lives

Every day somebody's asking questions
Someone wants to know if i know
All the answers, or am i just guessing?
Guess we'll never really know

Sunday section gave us a mention
Grandma's freaking out over the attention
Now my friends abound
They're coming back around

Long distance on the other end
Says i need them for a friend
No matter what i choose
I'm the one they want to use

Hate paper doll
You never get cut, but you're looking at me
Hate paper doll
You never get back, but you never can see

Taking it all, cut from a sack that you got on tv
Paid for it all, taking it back 'cause i wanted it free
Wanted it free now, you just want it to be just like me

Well they divided up all the land
And we've got states and cities
Cities have their neighborhoods
And more subdivisions

There's countries divided by walls
Oceans and latitudes
And longitude, longing to find out
Just what they're missing

They're lots of area codes
And nine digit zip codes
Secret decoder ring codes
Arteries, shopping nodes

We'll invent some new computers
Link up the global village
And get ap, upi, and reuters
To tell everybody the news

We'll be one happy neighborhood
Spread out across the world
But who's going to stop that burglar
From breaking in my house
If he lives that far away

We'll be just like old friends
No means to your ends
The police state is to busy
And the neighborhood's getting out of hand

It's not about my politics
Something happened way too quick
A bunch of men who played it sick
They divide, conquer

It's all here before your eyes
Safety is a big disguise
That hides among the other lies
They divide, conquer

Well i expect i won't be heard
Because my silence is assured
Never a discouraging word
They divide and conquer

They divide and conquer