Back in my schooldays, 'acting the fool' days
One and one and one makes three and a man said
'Kid, come and cut yourself a piece of the big time'
Armor clad horses, riding Trojan horses, never made sense to me
I didn't wanna be a part of the great debate on the moonshine

'Stop, pay the price' they said to me
'Take this advice, you're out of your head'
Said, 'Stop, hold the phone
This has to be cut to the bone'
Too bad I see red, I see red, I see red, I see red

When the sly man stumbles, twists and he tumbles
He always lands on his feet and he sets his face towards the far horizon
Won't you come this way, can't you go that way?
But his rhythm don't miss a beat 'cause he's doin' everything
He can to keep survivin'

'Stop, pay the price', they said to me
'Take this advice, you're out of your head'
Said, 'Stop, hold the phone
This has to be cut to the bone'
Too bad I see red, I see red, I see red, I see red

'Stop, pay the price', they said to me
'Take this advice, you're out of your head'
Said, 'Stop, hold the phone
This has to be cut to the bone'
Too bad I see red, I see red, I see red, I see red

So who wants a riot? People should be quiet
Don't we give them good TV?
You can learn to love, your lifetime of distraction
Nothin' on the inside, nothin' on the outside, all the way from A to Z
I can live without that kind of satisfaction

'Stop, pay the price', they said to me
'Take this advice, you're out of your head'
Said, 'Stop, hold the phone
This has to be cut to the bone'
Too bad I see red, I see red, I see red, I see red

'Stop, pay the price', they said to me
'Take this advice, you're out of your head'
Said, 'Stop, hold the phone
This has to be cut to the bone'
Too bad I see red, I see red, I see red, I see red

'Stop, pay the price', they said to me
'Take this advice, you're out of your head'
Said, 'Stop, hold the phone
This has to be cut to the bone'
Too bad I see red, I see red, I see red, I see red