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Change

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Change

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Don't you ever wonder why, nothing ever seems to change

If it does it's for the worse, seems it's just a modern curse

Sometimes when I take a peek outside of my little cage,

Everyone looks so asleep, will they die before they wake

And, hey. . . Don't you know? We're just products of our time and Hey . . .

What d'ya say? Show me yours, I'll show you mine

Better dumb and happy than smart and without any friends

Better cute and better loud, better join up with the crowd

Keep up or be left behind, there's a dust storm in my mind

Seems I can't see straight these days, doesn't matter anyway

Hey . . . Don't you know? We're just products of our times and

Hey, what d'ya say? Show me yours, I'll show you mine

Hey, what d'ya say? Hey, what d'ya say? Please don't ever -

Oh God, here's that question now. The one that makes me go insane

I'd gladly tear my heart out if you never, never, never, never change

Do you want to change? Do you want to change right now?

Do you want to change . . . I like my stupid life, just the way it is

And I wouldn't even change it for a thousand flying pigs

And I like you just the way you are, I like your face just the way it is

And I wouldn't even change it for a herd of screaming kids

And I like you just the way you are, I like you though you may not like me back

I would dazzle you with brilliance, if I only had the knack

'Cause I like you just the way you are, I like this life just the way it is

And the castles all around me, have been melting now for years

And it kills my brain to think of all the time I wasted here

All the efforts, sweat, and broken hearts, the screaming and the tears

And I'm dreaming again . . . Floating in a pool of mud

Try to get back where I was and I don't really care

Got a little talking to, by the mirror in my room, and I don't really care . . .

Whispering voices from the dead, come from underneath my bed

And I don't really care . . .

I like my stupid life just the way it is

And the chaos that surrounds me like a flock of screaming pigs

And it hurts my brain to think of all the stupid things I've said

And if I could change the future I would change the past instead

And I'm dreaming again . . . and I'm dreaming again . . .

Baby - sometimes I worry about you

Sometimes you're so far away, tell me what to do

I say, Baby . . . sometimes I worry about you

Sometimes I just can't believe everything you do

I say, Baby . . . sometimes I worry about you

Every day I feel the same, don't you feel it too

I say, Baby . . . sometimes I worry about me

Seems I'm falling down a lot, in between the scenes

I say, Baby . . . sometimes I worry about me

Getting harder all the time, harder now to see

I say, Baby . . . sometimes I worry about me

Light another cigarette, have another dream

It's the same thing every day, nothing ever seems to change and I . . .

Do you really want to change?

Testaments and growing pains. Tranquilizers for the soul.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained - evolution's cruelest joke

Why is everyone upset? I once knew but I forget. Something happened,

Something strange, something it appears has changed

Hey . . . Don't you know? We're just products of our times

And hey, what d'ya say? Show me yours, I'll show you mine

Hey, what d'ya say? Hey, what d'ya say? Please don't ever -

Oh God, here's that question now, the one that makes me go insane

I'd gladly tear my heart out if you never, never, never, never change

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