℗ 1980
℗ 1980 A & M Records SP 6702: Paris
℗ 1980 : disc 2
«Paris» is a live album by progressive rock band Supertramp. It was recorded on Supertramp's Breakfast in America tour in Paris, France, with most of the tracks taken from a 29 November 1979 show at the Pavillon de Paris, a venue which was once a slaughterhouse. |
I can see you in the morning when you go to school Don't forget your books, you know you've got to learn the golden rule, Teacher tells you stop your play and get on with your work And be like Johnnie - too-good, well don't you know he never shirks — he's coming along! After School is over you're playing in the park 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 you let it work it out — and you're full of doubt Don't do this and don't do that What are they trying to do?- Make a good boy of you Do they know where it's at? 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 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 want to be that want to see that want to see it that way — you're coming along!
Let me tell you a story that'll make a change, Let me tell you when I'm way out of range; It's about a man who's crueler than me, So promise not to cause a scene, Heaven help the one's you love, There's no big need for stars above Well, you can run, you, know he'll find you, It don't matter now, just look behind you, You had your warn, and you knew the score, You got it wrong, and that means war; So, why'd you have to treat me rough, Your explanation's not enough. -Ain't nobody but me, Gonna lie for you, gonna die for you; Ain't no fish in the sea, Gonna sigh for you, gonna try for you, Gonna lie for you, gonna die for you, Wooh- You see, I got a mental disposition, Sometimes, I'm mean, sometimes I'm vicious; I'm Dr. Jekyll, I'm Mr. Hyde, So if you wanna stay alive, Just give me all you've got to give, And, then perhaps I'll let you live. -Ain't nobody but me, Gonna lie for you, gonna die for you, Ain't no fish in the sea, Gonna sigh for you, gonna try for you, Gonna lie for you, gonna die for you; Gonna sigh for you, gonna try for you, Gonna lie for you, gonna die for you.- (HUSH) Now baby, stop your crying, (OH YES) I know that I've been lying, (HUSH) Now baby, stop your crying (OH YES) I know that I've been lying (HUSH) Now baby, stop your crying (OH YES) I know that I've been lying (HUSH) Now baby, stop your crying (OH YES) I know that I've been lying AAAaaa
When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful, a miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical. And all the birds in the trees, well they'd be singing so happily, oh joyfully, oh playfully watching me. But then they send me away to teach me how to be sensible, logical, oh responsible, practical. And then they showed me a world where I could be so dependable, oh clinical, oh intellectual, cynical. There are times when all the world's asleep, the questions run too deep for such a simple man. Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned I know it sounds absurd but please tell me who I am. And then what would you say that we're calling you a radical, a liberal, oh fanatical, criminal. Won't you sign up your name, we'd like to feel you're acceptable, respectable, oh presentable, a vegetable! But at night, when all the world's asleep, the questions run so deep for such a simple man. Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned I know it sounds absurd but please tell me who I am, Who I am?
Monday has come around again I'm in the same old place With the same old faces always watching me Who knows how long I'll have to stay Could be a hundred years Of sweat and tears At the rate that I get paid Sometimes I slowly drift away From all the dull routine That's with me every day A fantasy will come to me Diamonds are what I really need Think I'll rob a store, escape the law And live in Italy Lately my luck has been so bad You know the roulette wheel's A crooked deal I'm loosing all I had Soon be like a man that's on the run And live from day to day Never needing anyone Play hide and seek Throughout the week My life is full of romance Guess I'll always have to be Living in a fantasy That's the way it's got to be From now on You think I'm crazy I can see It's you for you, and me for me Living in a fantasy From now on