Don't believe what you hear - don't believe what you see
If you just close
your eyes you can feel the enemy
When I first met you, girl, you had fire in
your soul
What happened? your face of melting snow
Now it looks like this
And you can swallow, or you can spit
You can throw it up, or choke on
it
And you can dream - so dream out loud
You know that your time is coming
round
So don't let the bastards grind you down
No, nothing makes sense - nothing seems to fit
I know you'd hit out if you
only knew who to hit
And I'd join the movement
If there was one I could
believe in
Yeah, I'd break bread and wine
If there was a church I could
receive in
'Cause I need it now
To take a cup - to fill it up
To drink it slow - can't let you go
I
must be an acrobat
To talk like this and act like that
You can dream - so
dream out loud
And don't let the bastards grind you down
Oh, it hurts, baby
What will we do now it's all been said?
No new ideas
in the house and every book has been read
And I must be an acrobat
To talk like this and act like that
And you
can dream - so dream out loud
And you can find your own way out
And you
can build and I can will
And you can call - can't wait until
And you can
stash, and you can sieze
In dreams begin responsibilities
And I could
love, and I could learn
And I know that the tide is turning round
So don't
let the bastards grind you down
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