[Intro]

[Verse 1]
I can see you in the morning when you go to school
Don't forget your books, you know you've gotta learn the golden rule
Teacher tells you stop your playing and get on with your work
And be like Johnnie-Too-Good, don't you know he never shirks
He's coming along

[Verse 2]
After school is over, you're playing in the park
But don't be out too late, don't let it get too dark
They tell you not to hang around and learn what life's about
And grow up just like them, won't let you work it out
And you're full of doubt

[Instrumental]

[Bridge]
Don't do this and don't do that
What are they trying to do? (Make a good boy of you)
And do they know where it's at
But don't criticize, they're old and wise
Do as they tell you to, don't want the devil to
Come and put out your eyes

[Verse 3]
Maybe I'm mistaken expecting you to fight
Or maybe I'm just crazy, I don't know wrong from right
But while I am still living, I've just got this to say
It's always up to you if you wanna be that
Wanna see that, wanna see it that way
You're coming along

[Intro]

[Verse 1]
So you think your schooling is phony
I guess it's hard not to agree
You say it all depends on money
And who is in your family tree

[Hook]
Right, (Right), you're bloody well right
You got a bloody right to say
Right, you're bloody well right
You know you got a right to say
Ha-ha, you're bloody well right
You know you're right to say
Yeah, yeah, you're bloody well right
You know you're right to say
Me, I don't care anyway

[Instrumental Bridge]

[Verse 2]
Write your problems down in detail
Take them to a higher place
You've had your cry, no, I shouldn't say wail
In the meantime, hush your face

[Hook]
Right, (Quite right), you're bloody well right
You got a bloody right to say
Right, you're bloody well right
You know you got a right to say
Ha-ha, you're bloody well right
You know you're right to say
Yeah, yeah, you're bloody well right
You know you got a right to say

[Outro]
You got a bloody right to say
You got a bloody right to say
You got a bloody right to say
You got a bloody right to say, yeah

[Verse 1]
Hide in your shell, cos the world is out to bleed you for a ride
What will you gain making your life a little longer
Heaven or hell, was the journey cold that gave you eyes of steel
Shelter behind painting your mind and playing joker

Too frightening
To listen to a stranger
Too beautiful
To put your pride in danger
You're waiting for
Someone to understand you

[Pre Chorus]
But you've got demons in your closet
(You've got demons in your closet)
And you're screaming out to stop it
(And you're screaming out to stop it)
Saying life's begun to cheat you
Friends are out to beat you
Grab on to what you can scramble for

[Chorus]
Don't let the tears linger on inside now
Cos it's sure time you gained control
If I can help you
If I can help you
If I can help you
Just let me know

Well, let me show you the nearest signpost
To get your heart back and on the road
If I can help you
If I can help you
If I can help you
Just let me know

[Verse 2]
All through the night as you lie awake and hold yourself so tight
What do you need, a second-hand movie-star to tend you
I as a boy, I believed the saying the cure for pain was love
How would it be if you could see the world through my eyes

Too frightening
The fire's becoming colder
Too beautiful
To think you're getting older
You're looking for
Someone to give an answer

[Pre Chorus]
But what you see is just illusion
(What you see is just illusion)
You're surrounded by confusion
(You're surrounded by confusion)
Saying life's begun to cheat you
Friends are out to beat you
Grab on to what you can scramble for

[Chorus]
Don't let the tears linger on inside now
Cos it's sure time you gained control
If I can help you
If I can help you
If I can help you
Just let me know

Well, let me show you the nearest signpost
To get your heart back and on the road
If I can help you
If I can help you
If I can help you
Just let me know

[Bridge]
I wanna know
I wanna know
I wanna know
Oh I've got to know

I wanna know you
I wanna know you
Well let me know you
I wanna feel you

Oh I wanna touch you
Please let me near you
Let me near you
Can you hear what I'm sayin'
Well I'm hopin', I'm dreamin', I'm prayin'

I know what you're thinkin'
See what you're seein'
Never ever let yourself go
Hold yourself down
Hold yourself down
Why d'ya hold yourself down

[Outro]
Why don't you listen? You can trust me
(So whatcha gonna take it to )
Oh there's a place I know the way to
(So whatcha gonna make it do )
A place there is no need to
(So what's he gonna)
To feel you
(So what's he gonna)
To feel that you are alone
(So what's he gonna do )

I wanna feel you
(So whatcha gonna take it to )
I know exactly what you're feelin'
(So whatcha gonna make it do )
Cos all your troubles are within you
(So what's he gonna)
So begin to
(So what's he gonna)
See that I'm just bleeding too
(So what's he gonna do )

Oh, love me, love you, loving is the way to
(So whatcha gonna take it to )
Help me, help you
(So whatcha gonna make it do )
Why must we be so cool
(So what's he gonna)
Oh so cool
(So what's he gonna)
Oh, we're such damn fools
(So what's he gonna do )

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]
Jimmy Cream was keen, his brain was always winnin'
I can't keep tabs on mine, it's really quite a joke
I see him down the road, I asked if he'd be willing
To lend me 15p, I'm dying for a smoke
Don't arrange to have me sent to no asylum
I'm just as sane as anyone
It's just a game I play for fun, for fun

[Verse 2]
I told 'em, "Look!" I said, "I'm not the way you're thinkin'
Just when I'm down, I'll be the clown, I'll play the fool
Please don't arrange to have me sent to no asylum
I'm just as sane as anyone
It's just a game I play for fun, for fun"
(Is it really )

[Chorus]
Will he take a sailboat ride
Well, he is very likely to
Will he feel good inside
Well, he ain't very likely to
Oh, will he tell you he's alive
Yeah, he is always tryin' to
Yeah, but nothin', no, no, nothin'
Does he say, oh no

[Post-Chorus 1]
In the morning, when the day's begun
"Hello, good morning, how are you "
And in the evening, or the noonday sun
"Oh, what a lovely afternoon"
Well, I've been living next to you

[Verse 3]
Bluesy Monday is the one day that they come here
Yeah, when they haunt me and they taunt me
In my cage, oh, in my cage
I mock 'em all, they're feelin' small, they got no answer
Yeah, they're playin' dumb, but I'm just laughin' as they rage
Don't arrange to have me s-sent to no asylum
Well, it's only a game I'm playin' for fun
Yeah, I've been tryin' to fool everyone
(Oh, but they still taunt me)
(Oh, is it really )
(No, that's too heavy)

[Chorus]
Will he take a sailboat ride
Well, he is very likely to
Will he feel good inside
Yeah, he ain't ever likely to
Oh, will he tell you he's alive
Well, he is always trying to
Yeah, but nothin', no, no, nothin'
Does he ever say, yeah

[Post-Chorus 2]
In the morning, when the day's begun
"Well, do you think it looks like rain "
And in the evening, or the noonday sun
"You know, I nearly missed my train"
Well, I've been living next to you my friend
But what kind of friend are you
Oh, is it the beginning or the sorry end
Will I ever see it through

[Bridge]
Now, I've never been insane
Oh, what's the game
Yeah, I believe I'm dying
Aaaahhhh!

[Outro]
He's mad, mad
Mad, mad, mad, mad
Mad, mad, mad, mad!
Not quite right!
(Not quite right)
Woooooooo!

[Instrumental Outro]

[Intro]

[Verse 1: Roger Hodgson]
Dreamer, you know you are a dreamer
Well, can you put your hands in your head? Oh no!
I said, dreamer, you're nothing but a dreamer
Well, can you put your hands in your head? Oh no!

[Chorus: Roger Hodgson]
I said, "Far out, what a day, a year, a life it is!"
You know, well, you know you had it comin' to you
Now there's not a lot I can do

[Verse 2: Roger Hodgson]
Dreamer, you stupid little dreamer
So, now you put your head in your hands, oh no!
Woo!

[Chorus: Roger Hodgson]
I said, "Far out, what a day, a year, a life it is!"
You know, well, you know you had it comin' to you
Now there's not a lot I can do

[Bridge: Roger Hodgson, Rick Davies, Rick Davies & John Helliwell]
Well, work it out someday
If I could see something
You can see anything you want, boy
If I could be someone
You can be anyone, celebrate, boy
Well, if I could do something
You can do something
If I could do anything
Can you do something out of this world
Take a dream on a Sunday
Take a life, take a holiday
Take a lie, take a dreamer
Dream, dream, dream, dream
Dream along
Dreamer, come on and dream and dream along
Come on and dream and dream along (A little)
Dreamer, come on and dream and dream along
Come on and dream and dream along

[Outro: Roger Hodgson]
Dreamer, you know you are a dreamer
Well, can you put your hands in your head? Oh no!
I said, dreamer, you're nothing but a dreamer
Well, can you put your hands in your head? Oh no!
Oh no!

[Verse 1: Rick Davies]
Rudy's on a train to nowhere;
Halfway down the line
He don't wanna get there
But he needs time

He ain't sophisticated
Or well-educated
After all the hours he's wasted
Still he needs time

He needs time
He needs time for livin'
He needs time
For someone just to see him

He ain't had no lovin'
For no reason or rhyme
And the whole world's above him

Well, it's not as though he's fat
Nah, there's more to it than that
See he tried to play it cool;
Wouldn't be nobody's fool

Rudy thought
That all good things
Comes to those that wait
But recently
He could see
That it may come but too late

[Verse 2: Roger Hodgson & Rick Davies]
All through your life
All through the years
Nobody loved
Nobody cared
So dim the light
Dark are your fears
Try as I might
I can't hold back the tears
How can you live
Without love, it's not fair
Someone said give
But I just didn't dare
What good advice
Are you waiting to hear
Hearing's alright
For them that's all there
Hearing's alright

[Verse 3: Rick Davies & Roger Hodgson]
You'd better-
You'd better gain control now
You'd better show 'em all now
You'd better make or break now
You'd better give and take now
You'll have to push and shove now
You'll have to find some love now
You'd better gain control now

[Outro: Rick Davies]
Now he's just come out the movie
Numb of all the pain
Sad, but in a while he'll soon be
Back on his train

[Verse 1]
The actors and jesters are here
The stage is in darkness and clear
For raising the curtain
And no-one's quite certain whose play it is

[Verse 2]
How long ago, how long
If only we had listened then
If we'd known just how right
We were going to be

[Bridge]
For we dreamed a lot
And we schemed a lot
And we tried to sing of love
Before the stage fell apart

[Chorus]
If everyone was listening, you know
There'd be a chance that we could save the show
Who'll be the last clown
To bring the house down
Oh no, please no, don't let the curtain fall

[Verse 3]
Well, what is your costume today
And who are the props in your play
You're acting a part which you thought from the start
Was an honest one

[Verse 4]
Well how do you plead
An actor indeed!
Go re-learn your lines
You don't know what you've done
The finale's begun

[Chorus]
If everyone was listening, you know
There'd be a chance that we could save the show
Who'll be the last clown
To bring the house down
Oh no, please no, don't let the curtain fall

Now they're planning the crime of the century
Well what would it be
Read all about their schemes and adventuring
Yes it's well worth the fee
So roll up and see
As they rape the universe
How they've gone from bad to worse

Who are these men of lust, greed and glory
Rip off the masks and let's see
But that's not right - oh no, what's the story
Look! There's you and there's me
(That can't be right...)