Hüsker Dü Album

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 wanna use

Flip your wig
You've gotta flip your wig
Flip your wig
Gonna flip your wig

Flip your wig
You're gonna flip your wig
Flip your wig
Gotta flip your wig

Do I really know? (I don't know)
And do I really care? (I don't know)
And do we really know? (They don't know)
And do we really care? (They don't know)
And do I really know? (We thought we'd be)
And do I really care? (We'd be in love)
And do we really know? (I'm gonna flip your wig)
And do we really care? (I'm gonna flip your wig)

I've got something she wants
She's got something I need
Got a lock on my heart
And she's got the keys
Softly spoken words of love
These are what she says to me
"Honey, be a man, get off your knees"

Every heartbeat
Every movement
Every moment
Every sigh
Every everything

Something in my heart
Something in my arms
Fell in love with your
Possessive charms
Softly spoken words of love
This is what she says to me
Got a lock on my heart
And she's got the keys

Every heartbeat
Every movement
Every moment
Every sigh
Every everything...

Walking around with your head in the clouds
Makes no sense at all
Sell yourself short, but you're walking so tall
Makes no sense at all
Is it important? You're yelling so loud
Makes no sense at all
Walking around with your head in the clouds
Makes no sense at all
Makes no difference at all

I don't know why you want to tell me
When I'm right or when I'm wrong
It's the same thing, in your mind, the only time
I'm right is when I, when I play along

Walking around with your head in the clouds
Makes no sense at all
Sell yourself short, but you're walking so tall
Makes no sense at all
Is it important? You're yelling so loud
Makes no sense at all
Walking around with your head in the clouds
Makes no sense at all
Makes no difference at all

You concern yourself with evidence
It's evident to me
We'll you say you've got the tiger by the tail
But I don't see these things that way...

Walking around with your head in the clouds
Makes no sense at all
Sell yourself short, but you're walking so tall
Makes no sense at all
Is it important? You're yelling so loud
Makes no sense at all
Walking around with your head in the clouds
Makes no sense at all
Makes no difference at all

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 say
You want it to be
Just like me now

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?

Green eyes...

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

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

There's 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, Reuters
To tell everybody the news

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

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

Big Brother on every wall
Muzak plays in all the halls
Empires see the rise and fall
They divide, conquer

It's not about my politics
Something happened way too quick
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
'Cause my silence is assured
Never a discouraging word
They divide and conquer

They divide and conquer

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 for 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 would 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

The Baby Song.

Down on my Flexible Flyer
To the bottom, how fast I would go
Just waiting for me under the tree
And out in the snow

A cowboy, a nurse or a fireman
There's so many things that you can be
You can set bigger goals, but set your soul
Yeah, set your soul free

Times, places and situations
Lead us to an early grave
When we get there we see
Just what did we save?

If your heart is a flame burning brightly
You'll have light and you'll never grow cold
And soon you will know that you just grow
You're not growing old

If the wheels of your wagon are rusty
You can paint them until they are new
You can roll down a hill, but if you can't
Then I pity you

You ask how far the farthest star is
To go by bus or to go by car is
Way too far, you couldn't say
You won't get there anyway

He says it takes a private plane
But you could never get back to your feet again
Unless you break the ball and chain
He says "Now, it's a private plane"

With all these places in your mind
There's no reason you have to find
Your private plane
Don't play that game

He says it takes a private plane
But you could never get back to your feet again
Unless you break the ball and chain
He says "Now, it's a private plane"

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
Know 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, begin to nod
And we start to dream of grandiose things
Oh god, oh god, oh god
You gotta keep hanging on

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