Read all the pamphlets and watch the tapes
 I get all confused when you mix up the dates
 Whoa!
 
 Don't gimme the pretend you come for the weekend
 And you stay for the week
 You say that you hate it but that's how you made it
 Just keep it oblique
 We're both high high high, high high on lemon sips
 We're all suh-suh-suh sucked-in-by parlour tricks
 
 Oh the people deceive you the kids never leave
 'Cause you make them at home
 You try to appease them and they show you the stick
 But still you pick up the phone
 But hey man, you can take it
 As long as they don't shove you out in the cold
 It's not getting better, no it's not getting better, man
 It's just getting old
 Ah ooh! we do what we're programmed to do
 Hey we do what we're told
 
 I never remember to carry my book when I get on the bus
 You never forget it's your time to collect
 When they are making a fuss
 We're both high high high, high high on lemon sips
 We're all high high high, high high on wiggling hips
 Ah ooh! you break off your plans for the weekend
 And ah oh! you can tell them the dates
 But that don't mean they're letting you go
 
 Don't gimme the pretend you come for the weekend
 And you stay for the year
 Avoid all the plans cuz we're making our day jobs
 Into a steady career
 We're both high high high, high high on lemon sips
 We all claw claw claw, cli-climb-on to sinking ships
 And ah ooh! avoid all the cold sideways glances
 And ah ooh! celebrate! celebrate! celebrate!
 And then turn to stone
 
 Read all the pamphlets and watch the tapes
 You turn 25 and now you're all out of escapes
 C'mon
 
 Hey the rock writer told me to tell you:
 "Though you're great and you're brave
 You still lack that which makes you a star."
 Read all the pamphlets and watch the tapes
 We all get a little drunk and then we act like apes
 Ow!