whooo ooh whooo ooh ooooh said i've been arrested lord (oh no) and wrongly detained (yeah that's right) said i was taken by surprise by the authorities yeah (taken by surprise) in the pouring rain this is a state of emergency national security is watching me (i said) this is a state of emergency (state of emergency) and lord help the minority yeah because everyone's a suspect when you're a stranger in a strange country (yeah that's right) everyone's a suspect when you're a stranger in a strange country (when you're a stranger) (scat) whooo ooh whooo ooh ooooh hey hey hey alright now yeaaaaaaaaah they're trying to convict me lord the pressure is on said i was taken by the crown for a mercenary yeah but they've got me all wrong (yeah that's why) this is a state of emergency national security is watching me (that's right) this is a state of emergency and lord help the minority yeah because everyone's a suspect when you're a stranger in a strange country (that's right my friend) yeah that's right everyone's a suspect when you're a stranger in a strange country (scat) hey hey hey hey whoa whoa whoa alright now hey no no no these are dangerous times got to keep going yeah (whoa whoa i say) this is a state of emergency national security is watching me (i said) this is a state of emergency national security is watching me (ah hey) this is a state of emergency (i'll watch your back and you gotta watch mine) national security is watching me (all in together lord yeaaaaah) this is a state of emergency national security is watching me (one lord one life) this is a state of emergency (hey hey heeeeey whoa oh) national security is watching me (one more time) this is a state of emergency national security is watching me (i said) this is a state of emergency national security is watching me this is a state of emergency and lord help the minority yeah because everyone's a suspect yeah when you're a stranger in a strange country everyone's a suspect yeah when you're a stranger in a strange country (strange country yeah) (scat) whoa whoa whoa the fire is burning the fire is burning bright (can you feel it?) it's a state of emerg-emergency

you're a victim with sad convictions of the truth and in this system, baby well that can't be any use it's just a whitewash brother all the things that you believe so did you think that the devil would bring relief? No no no no you know i've been the hustler ever since slippin' under the electrified fence retribution - is what i bring for the pain and strife and suffering! you see the problem but you don't see the other side so fight the good fight and see it all through hustler eyes (yeah, yeah) it's just hypnosis baby like the matrix you've been fooled so listen to me be the hustler and don't be used oh whoa oh i've been the hustler ever since slippin' under the electrified fence retribution - is what i bring for the pain and strife and suffering! i've been the hustler ever since slippin' under the electrified fence retribution - is what i bring for the pain and strife and suffering!

alright whooo oooh oooh oooooh whooo oooh oooh oooooh woke up this morning long before the sun came up yeah and the stars they were shinin' bright and in my head i began to write every seed grows in it's own time que sera que sera what is hidden comes to light and everything must come together whether it's wrong or right wrong or right (oh whoh) whooo oooh oooh oooooh whooo oooh oooh oooooh sell your possessions cast away your useless trinkets don't you let them play you for a fool wise up wise up and take your stance it's time that you learn the truth yeah even if it's wrong or right wrong or right (oh whoa) whooo oooh oooh oooooh whooo oooh oooh oooooh can't you feel something something very strange can't you feel the planet shiftin' and everything's about to change can't you feel something something very strange can't you feel the planet shiftin' and everything's about to change I'm talking 'bout a counter culture (counter culture) counter culture yeah (counter culture yeah) counter culture (counter culture yeah yeah) counter culture whoa whooo oooh oooh oooooh whooo oooh oooh oooooh whoa! whooo oooh oooh oooooh whooo oooh oooh oooooh can't you feel something (can't you feel) something very strange (something yeah) can't you feel the planet shiftin' and everything's about to change can't you feel something something very strange (can't you feel) can't you feel the planet shiftin' and everything's about to change I'm talking 'bout a counter culture (counter culture talkin' bout a counter culture) counter culture yeah (counter culture yeah) counter culture (this is a counter culture) counter culture whoa even in tokyo they're singing counter culture (they're singin' they singin') up in moscow they're singing counter culture (whoa whoa) from new york city to kingston (know you're gonna feel it) and here in the t dot oh they're singin' counter culture yeah (counter culture yeah) counter culture (counter culture) counter culture (counter culture yeah) counter culture whoa whoa eh hey hey hey eh hey heeey yeah hey eh eh eh yeah eh eh eh yeah eh eh eh eh eh!

there was a steely gray amongst the clouds the quiet morning dawned and i knew i was looking down i see chaos spread in front of me and things going to the dogs and if we keep on going like this this surely can't last too long and when the quiet morning dawned i looked outside and when the smoke and ashes cleared i was glad to be alive we never knew what was comin' when we said that we agree well now we know and we have to live with this for eternity who dropped the bomb? well it doesn't matter now 'cause we gotta start again and build it from the ground who dropped the bomb? well it made no sense and there is no way to prove your innocence and when that quiet morning dawned we knew what we had done we used to live together trying to all live as one but now the horror dawns upon the faces of the youngest child livin' in a system in a system that has gone wild who dropped the bomb? (who dropped the bomb?) well it doesn't matter now (who dropped the bomb?) 'cause we gotta start again and build it from the ground who dropped the bomb? (who dropped the bomb?) well it made no sense (who dropped the bomb?) and there is no way there is no way to prove your innocence when the morning dawned (who dropped the bomb?) and i looked outside my window (who dropped the bomb?) i saw what was goin' on the steel gray of the sky (who dropped the bomb?) made me ask myself oh why (who dropped the bomb?) do we do these things but i cannot understand i try when the morning dawned ooh when the morning dawned when the morning dawned (oh whoa) oh when the morning dawned when the morning dawned

it's not that i don't believe you it would be really easy for me to believe you if this hadn't happened to me before and i'm sorry i just can't take your word for it maybe i could, uh...explain it to you somehow (explain it) i want you to want me too want me like i want you don't say a word don't say a word (i said i) i want you to want me too want me like i want you don't say a word (oh no) don't say a word (hey eh whooo ooh oooh) reflex action a knee-jerk reaction to the multiple fractions of satisfaction you bring i cling to you like monkeys in trees fruit on a vine all comes in time so i rewind back to the days when you would say "you know...jay" and i would sway at the sound of your falsetto can't let go the image of a line of scrimmage between you and me the thing you see is i see me in you and you in me i want you to want me too want me like i want you don't say a word (oh no) don't say a word (oh no no no no no hey heeeey hey yeah yeah) you see baby? elementary really do you feel me? building blocks of stone and mortar could not be a quarter as hard as how hard i love you - it's true "there is no greater love" dinah would chant with a slant something like a deep cool river it is my sliver of this "greater love" that i want to give her i can deliver - like milk! and i'm good for you too here's what i propose to do: hold you nights squeeze you right i'll rub your feet if they feel tight kiss you - gently love you - plenty baby look - your wallet's empty! never lie never cheat taste you 'cause i know you're sweet and everything, anything you need from me that's what i propose to be so really what i'm saying i suppose is that i chose to prostrate myself before your altar i can be your knight in shining armour your rock of gibraltar your rock of gibraltar your rock of gibraltar your rock of gibraltar and like a metronome i tick away my love for you in fractions of a second so stop second guessing me i am where i wanna be but do you now baby i'm askin' do you and i want you to think about this do you wanna be with me? i want you to want me too want me like i want you don't say a word don't say a word (no whoa oh oh) i want you to want me too (want you to want me too) want me like i want you don't say a word (sugar you know) don't say a word whoa oh oh oh oh whoa oh oh oh oh (sugar you know) ooh sugar you know you know oh you got me on my knees oh yeah yeah yeah yeah why do you do what you do to me? ooh whooo whoo you got me on my knees yeah yeah yeah yeah look what you've done to me ooh look what you've done to me ooh look what you've done to me done to me

now don't get me wrong makin' music that's a beautiful thing i wouldn't trade it for anything in the world but man - there's some trials and tribulations if you gonna be playin' this game - know what i'm sayin'? hey now! well jimmy just sold his guitar said he's gonna leave the band yeah said he's got a little girl now and it's time he became a man and johnny got a job today said it's time that he got paid yeah (oh now) said he's gonna save some cash and maybe go to school someday (go to school?) and i'm in hell baby can't you tell yeah? i'm thinkin' 'bout walkin' out (yeah) walkin' out that door someday oh my my met a friend from the 'hood used to play the horn in high school said he'd be a big success well now's he's just a local fool (yeah that's what they call him) and there's so many hills to climb i'm searchin' for the rainbow's end eh i don't know where i find myself but i'm runnin' outta friends 'cause i'm in hell baby can't you tell? i'm thinkin' 'bout walkin' out walkin' out that door someday said i'm in hell yeah baby can't you tell? (oh now) i'm thinkin' 'bout walkin' out (yeah) walkin' out that door someday (one more time) i'm in hell (oh now) baby can't you tell? (whoa now) i'm thinkin' 'bout walkin' out walkin' out that door someday and i won't look baaaaack