Fair Warning — текст песни (Todd Rundgren)

You know, wishing wont make it so

Hoping wont do it, praying wont do it

Religion wont do it, philosophy wont do it

The supreme court wont do it,

The president and the congress wont do it

The un wont do it, the h-bomb wont do it,

The sun and the moon wont do it

And God wont do it,

And I certainly wont do it

That leaves you, youll have to do it



I know that youve been wondering

If Im the same man inside

Never tried to fool you

cause Ive got nothing to hide

I gave you fair warning I could never be tied down

til Ive seen paradise with my very own eyes

Love owns us all, time owns us all, life owns us all

But the world doesnt own me

Dontcha follow me now

I aint afraid to say I may have been wrong

I have to go now

Id rather live by a dream than live by a lie

And thats why

There aint no cure for what Ive got baby

We just have to suffer

I feel no pain, I cant complain,

Things could always be rougher

But I picked up this banner

And I just cant put it down (no)

I cant let the world die just cause no one would try

Dontcha follow me now

Everybodys got to find his own place in the sun,

Everyone

So shine on me now

Id rather live by a dream then live by a lie

You can say what you will about me

Talk is cheap and I dont mind

When you lay your life down in them grooves

You know youre bound to get scratched up sometime

Its only just a song, pay me no mind

I have to go now

Youve got to walk that road alone

If you walk it at all

Dont follow me now

I gave you all fair warning

Now its goodbye

And every once in a while why dont you think of me

cause its a long, long time and a long way to go

Cant you see the light shining in my eyes

cause its just one victory

cause your dream goes on forever

Dont you know that Ive been trying

To get my trip together

Be a real man

I got to be a real man

1, 2, 3, do it one more time

Be a real man

Everybody be a real man

Go then, dont believe, and I dont know

cause I got to be a real man

You can be a man, a real man

Ill swim that river, climb that mountain

You and me, we all gotta be, real men