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Somebody said, "Where's the music goin'?" Somebody said, "It's gone" Somebody said, "With this bad wind a blowin' Will the music keep a rolling on?" I had to ask myself why it is makin' me A minstrel man from cradle to grave? Should there be somewhere else it could be takin' me As it rolls on over like a wave? Somebody said, "We got to find the words There got to be an answer there" Somebody said that you never get heard 'Cause nobody really cares" You know that you can dance when the waves begin Stop thinkin' as you're sinkin' below Or do you take this chance to sail on the wind When so many in the water choose to row Some may curse the crippled Some try to hide the hurt Some may hate the hungry But who's dyin' down there in the dirt Somebody said, "Has the man enlightened us?" Somebody said, "Who knows" And the little boys said, "Well, I may be frightened But the emperor has got no clothes" Passion dies but the beat goes on The conductor got us singin' his song He's been feedin' these lies that we've been feasting upon But we've been at the banquet too long Somebody said, "Where are the dreamers?" Somebody said, "Dead" Somebody said, "Here comes the holy rollers Tryin' to sell us all the screamers instead" Since we were once deceived when we received the call Now the cynics are the prophets of the day And now the weak ones greater as the strong ones fall And the rest of us have nothing to say Some suffer in silent sadness Some come to worship pain Some just welcome madness Till you can't come in from the rain Somebody said, "Where's the music goin'?" Somebody said, "It's gone" Somebody said, "With this bad wind a blowin' Will the music keep a rolling on?" Somebody said Somebody said Somebody said ... |