Sly & The Family Stone

Freddie: Feeling's gettin stronger
Larry: Music's gettin longer too
Rose: Music is flashin me
Sly: I want to take you higher
Baby baby baby light my fire

Boom shaka-laka-laka Boom shaka-laka-laka

Freddie: Feeling's nitty-gritty
Larry: Sound is in the city too
Rose: Music's still flashin' me
Sly: Don't ya want to get higher
Baby baby baby light my fire.

Boom shaka-laka-laka Boom shaka-laka-laka

Harmonica solo
All
ed: Higher!

C'mon light my fire
Want to take you higher
Boom shaka-laka-laka Boom shaka-laka-laka

Freddie: Feeling that should make you move
Larry: Sounds that should help you groove
Rose: Music still flashin' me
Sly: Take your places
I want to take you higher
Baby baby baby light my fire.

Everybody is a star
Who can rain, chase the dust away
Everybody wants to shine
Ooh, come out on a cloudy day
'Til the sun that loves you proud
When the system tries to bring you down
Every hand to shine tonight
You don't need darkness to do what you think is right

Ba pa-pa-pa ba pa-pa ba ba ba pa-pa ba pa-pa ba pa-pa ba ba ba,
ba-pa ba-pa ba ba, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Everybody is a star
I can feel it when you shine on me
I love you for who you are
Not the one you feel you need to be
Ever catch a falling star
Ain't no stopping 'til it's in the ground
Everybody is a star
One big circle going round and round

Ba pa-pa-pa ba pa-pa ba ba ba pa-pa ba pa-pa ba pa-pa ba ba ba,
ba-pa ba-pa ba ba, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Ba pa-pa-pa ba pa-pa ba ba ba pa-pa ba pa-pa ba pa-pa ba ba ba,
ba-pa ba-pa ba ba, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Ba pa-pa-pa ba pa-pa ba ba ba pa-pa ba pa-pa ba pa-pa ba ba ba,
ba-pa ba-pa ba ba, shine, shine, shine, shine

(repeat and fade)

All: End of the spring and here she comes back
Hi Hi Hi Hi there
Them summer days, those summer days

That's when I had most of my fun, back
high high high high there
Them summer days, those summer days

Rose: I "cloud nine" when I want to

Freddie: Out of school, yeah

Larry: County fair in the country sun

Sly: And everything, it's true, ooh yeah

All: Hot fun in the summertime x 4

All: First of the fall and then she goes back
Bye bye bye bye there
Them summer days, those summer days

Rose: "Boop-boop-ba-boop-boop" when I want to

Freddie: Out of school, yeah

Larry: County fair in the country sun

Sly: And everything, it's true, ooh yeah

All: Hot fun in the summertime x 4

All: End of the spring and here she comes back
Hi Hi Hi Hi there
Them summer days, those summer days

That's when I had most of my fun, back
high high high high there
Them summer days, those summer days

Rose: I "cloud nine" when I want to

Freddie: Out of school, yeah

Larry: County fair in the country sun

Sly: And everything, it's true, ooh yeah

All: Hot fun in the summertime x 4

All: First of the fall and then she goes back
Bye bye bye bye there
Them summer days, those summer days

Rose: "Boop-boop-ba-boop-boop" when I want to

Freddie: Out of school, yeah

Larry: County fair in the country sun

Sly: And everything, it's true, ooh yeah

All: Hot fun in the summertime x 4

Stand!
Stand
In the end you'll still be you
One that's done all the things you set out to do
Stand
There's a cross for you to bear
Things to go through if you're going anywhere
Stand
For the things you know are right
It s the truth that the truth makes them so uptight
Stand
All the things you want are real
You have you to complete and there is no deal
Stand. stand, stand
Stand. stand, stand
Stand
You've been sitting much too long
There's a permanent crease in your right and wrong
Stand
There's a midget standing tall
And the giant beside him about to fall
Stand. stand, stand
Stand. stand, stand
Stand
They will try to make you crawl
And they know what you're saying makes sense and all
Stand
Don't you know that you are free
Well at least in your mind if you want to be

If You Want Me To Stay
I'll be around today
To be available for you to see
I'm about to go
And then you'll know
For me to stay here I've got to be me
You'll never be in doubt
That's what it's all about
You can't take me for granted and smile
Count the days I'm gone
Forget reaching me by phone
Because I promise I'll be gone for a while
When you see me again
I hope that you have been
The kind of person that you really are now
You got to get it straight
How could I ever be late
When you're my woman takin' up my time
How could you ever allow
I guess I wonder how
How could you get out of pocket for fun
When you know that you never number two
Number one gonna be number one
I'll be good
I wish I could
Get this message over to you now

When you see me again
I hope that you have been
The kind of person you really are now
I'll be so good
I wish I could
Get the message over to you now

Sometimes I'm right and I can be wrong
My own beliefs are in my song
The butcher, the banker, the drummer and then
Makes no difference what group I'm in
I am everyday people, yeah yeah
There is a blue one who can't accept the green one
For living with a fat one trying to be a skinny one
And different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and scooby dooby doo-bee
Oh sha sha - we got to live together
I am no better and neither are you
We are the same whatever we do
You love me you hate me you know me and then
You can't figure out the bag l'm in
I am everyday people, yeah yeah
There is a long hair that doesn't like the short hair
For bein' such a rich one that will not help the poor one
And different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and scooby dooby doo-bee
Oh sha sha-we got to live together
There is a yellow one that won't accept the black one
That won't accept the red one that won't accept the white one
And different strokes for different folks

Que Sera, Sera
(Whatever Will Be, Will Be)
When I was just a little girl
I asked my Mother, "What will I be?
Will I be pretty? Will I be rich?"
Here's what she said to me:

"Oue sera sera, Whatever will be, will be.
The future's not ours to see.
Que sera, sera, What will be, will be."

When I grew up and fell in love
I asked my lover, "What will I be?
Will I have rainbows Day after day"
Here's what my lover said:

"Que sera, sera, Whatever will be, will be.
The future's not ours to see.
Que sera, sera, What will be, will be."

Now I have children of my own,
They ask their Mother, "What will I be?
Will I be handsome? Will I be rich?"
I tell them tenderly:

"Que sera sera, Whatever will be, will be.
The future's not ours to see.
Que sera, sera, What will be, will be."

Sometimes I'm right and I can be wrong
My own beliefs are in my song
The butcher, the banker, the drummer and then
Makes no difference what group I'm in
I am everyday people, yeah yeah
There is a blue one who can't accept the green one
For living with a fat one trying to be a skinny one
And different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and scooby dooby doo-bee
Oh sha sha - we got to live together
I am no better and neither are you
We are the same whatever we do
You love me you hate me you know me and then
You can't figure out the bag l'm in
I am everyday people, yeah yeah
There is a long hair that doesn't like the short hair
For bein' such a rich one that will not help the poor one
And different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and scooby dooby doo-bee
Oh sha sha-we got to live together
There is a yellow one that won't accept the black one
That won't accept the red one that won't accept the white one
And different strokes for different folks

Time for living
Time for giving

Ain't nobody to to spell it for me
I said ain't nobody got to yell I can see
I said ain't nobody got the pain I can hear
But if I have to I will yell in your ear

Soul fire
Soul fire
And we ain't got no water
We don't have no water

Time for living time for giving
No time for making up a monster to sell
Time for living time for giving
No time for breakin' out a lie to sell

Eeny meeny miney moe
Catch a junkie by the toe
If he holler let him go
If he don't, do the loose booty
Loose booty
Skin it back and monkey it
Loose booty
Junkie twist
Loose booty
Nunsense!
Loose booty

Jack and Jill went up a hill
To get a pail of water
Jack fell down and broke his crown
And Jill went into a nod
And did the loose booty
Loose booty
Skin it back and monkey it
Loose booty
Junkie twist
Loose booty
Nunsense!
Loose booty
(hitt it!)

? Willie went out on the block
To cop
She he got there, the pusher was gone
Cause he had a jones of his own
He did the loose booty
Loose booty
Skin it back and monkey it
Loose booty
Junkie twist
Loose booty
Nunsense!

Loose booty
Loose butt
(x16)

Little Jack Horner
Sittin' in a corner
Snortin' his New York dope
Pulled back a snort
Went into a nod
Wow, was he a dope
Loose booty
He did the loose booty
Junkie twist
Nunsense
Skin it back and monkey it

Loose booty
Loose butt
(x22)
{this continues to the end, with the following lyrics sung over these}

Loose booty
Fly on, y'all
Super stupid
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Ohh, ohh
Ooooh, ohhhh
Yeah
Hit it
Super stupid
Hit it
Junkie twist
Skin it back and monkey it
Super stupid
Skin it back and monkey it
Junkie and twist
Hit it!
Super stupid
Hit it
Junkie twist
Super stupid
?
Hit it
Junkie twist
Skin it back and monkey it
Super stupid
Oww!
Hit it
Why you think they call it dope, dope?
Hit it
Skin it back and monkey it
Free your mind
Skin it back and monkey it
Hit it
Super stupid
Why you think they call it dope, dope

Time for living
Time for giving

Ain't nobody to to spell it for me
I said ain't nobody got to yell I can see
I said ain't nobody got the pain I can hear
But if I have to I will yell in your ear

Soul fire
Soul fire
And we ain't got no water
We don't have no water

Time for living time for giving
No time for making up a monster to sell
Time for living time for giving
No time for breakin' out a lie to sell

Eeny meeny miney moe
Catch a junkie by the toe
If he holler let him go
If he don't, do the loose booty
Loose booty
Skin it back and monkey it
Loose booty
Junkie twist
Loose booty
Nunsense!
Loose booty

Jack and Jill went up a hill
To get a pail of water
Jack fell down and broke his crown
And Jill went into a nod
And did the loose booty
Loose booty
Skin it back and monkey it
Loose booty
Junkie twist
Loose booty
Nunsense!
Loose booty
(hitt it!)

? Willie went out on the block
To cop
She he got there, the pusher was gone
Cause he had a jones of his own
He did the loose booty
Loose booty
Skin it back and monkey it
Loose booty
Junkie twist
Loose booty
Nunsense!

Loose booty
Loose butt
(x16)

Little Jack Horner
Sittin' in a corner
Snortin' his New York dope
Pulled back a snort
Went into a nod
Wow, was he a dope
Loose booty
He did the loose booty
Junkie twist
Nunsense
Skin it back and monkey it

Loose booty
Loose butt
(x22)
{this continues to the end, with the following lyrics sung over these}

Loose booty
Fly on, y'all
Super stupid
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Ohh, ohh
Ooooh, ohhhh
Yeah
Hit it
Super stupid
Hit it
Junkie twist
Skin it back and monkey it
Super stupid
Skin it back and monkey it
Junkie and twist
Hit it!
Super stupid
Hit it
Junkie twist
Super stupid
?
Hit it
Junkie twist
Skin it back and monkey it
Super stupid
Oww!
Hit it
Why you think they call it dope, dope?
Hit it
Skin it back and monkey it
Free your mind
Skin it back and monkey it
Hit it
Super stupid
Why you think they call it dope, dope

Dance to the Music
Cynthia: Say, get up and dance to the music!
Get on up and dance to the music!
All: Dance to the Music, Dance to the Music
Freddie: Hey Greg!
Greg: What?
Freddie: All we need is a drummer,
for people who only need a beat
I'm gonna add a little guitar
and make it easy to move your feet
Larry: I'm gonna add some bottom,
so that the dancers just won't hide
Sly: You might like to hear my organ
I said "Ride Sally Ride" now
Freddie: You might like to hear the horns blowin',
Cynthia on the drone, yeah!
Cynthia & Jerry got a message they're sayin':
Cynthia: All the squares, go home!
All: Dance to the Music, Dance to the Music

Dance to the Music
Cynthia: Say, get up and dance to the music!
Get on up and dance to the music!
All: Dance to the Music, Dance to the Music
Freddie: Hey Greg!
Greg: What?
Freddie: All we need is a drummer,
for people who only need a beat
I'm gonna add a little guitar
and make it easy to move your feet
Larry: I'm gonna add some bottom,
so that the dancers just won't hide
Sly: You might like to hear my organ
I said "Ride Sally Ride" now
Freddie: You might like to hear the horns blowin',
Cynthia on the drone, yeah!
Cynthia & Jerry got a message they're sayin':
Cynthia: All the squares, go home!
All: Dance to the Music, Dance to the Music

There's a mickie in the tasting of disaster
In time in time you get faster
Harry Hippie is a waste as if he hasta
procrastanatin'
Something moving in the brain of a doer
In time in time feel a little newer
I switched from coke to pep and I'm a connoisseur
'Bout time

'Cause there's a method in the madness of the thinking
In time oh we oughta
It seems the best of all the sadness is is a sinkin'
In time in time muddy water
And there's a wreck yard in the mind of a quitter
In time in time gonna git bitter
He don't give a heck or is he blind and makin' litter
In time
'bout time gonna need a babysitter

I felt so good I told the leader how to follow
In time in time git down
So glad I could not feel indeed so very hollow
No need to follow
Insecurities attracting every flirter
In time in time it's murder
If you don't mind please why give slack to a deserter
In time
Well well oh well day light is all I see
stay light and wait for me
See you tomorrow noon miss me
I'll see you soon

I told you it's not the teachin' it's the learning
In time in time don't need no burning
When I mold you to start reaching in the mernin
In time
Well well there's a feeling oh so real in every human
On time 'bout time
There's a reeling when you don't know what you're doing
In time 'bout time
Haay stay around get a show in time
don't you know
Two years too long to wait
Two words will get it straight
In time
See an answer in time and that ain't nothing I'm a dancer
Two years too long to wait
Two words will get it straight

If You Want Me To Stay
I'll be around today
To be available for you to see
I'm about to go
And then you'll know
For me to stay here I've got to be me
You'll never be in doubt
That's what it's all about
You can't take me for granted and smile
Count the days I'm gone
Forget reaching me by phone
Because I promise I'll be gone for a while
When you see me again
I hope that you have been
The kind of person that you really are now
You got to get it straight
How could I ever be late
When you're my woman takin' up my time
How could you ever allow
I guess I wonder how
How could you get out of pocket for fun
When you know that you never number two
Number one gonna be number one
I'll be good
I wish I could
Get this message over to you now

When you see me again
I hope that you have been
The kind of person you really are now
I'll be so good
I wish I could
Get the message over to you now

I'll be down, when you're gone
Call me back on the telephone
Lil ole, lil ole, lil ole name and a title
I gets all the way down
If I don't keep smilin' witchall
You gonna see me frown
That's why I keep music
All around the bed
So I can call Frisky
Very hard to be led in the wrong direction
Frisky, yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh Frisky, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh Frisky, yeah, yeah, Frisky, hah hah
Put a little tickle on the Jones' head
Turn off the lights and go to bed
Have you ever ever stopped a rainbow
I don't think so at least
It kept on comin'
What an afternoon feast
Energy the jailur
Wanna keep it in check
Gonna check with my tailor
'Cause I don't give a heck
Yeah, yeah, Frisky, Frisky yeah
Ah huh Frisky, oh yes sir Frisky
Put a little tickle on the Jones' head
Turn off the lights and go to bed
Under-under-understand the
power of a little heart
Applied at the wrong pressure
Makes for a slower start yea
Short time I'll be there
Didn't wait too long
I long for sunday
When I don't feel strong
Get down somethin' Frisky

Que Sera, Sera
(Whatever Will Be, Will Be)
When I was just a little girl
I asked my Mother, "What will I be?
Will I be pretty? Will I be rich?"
Here's what she said to me:

"Oue sera sera, Whatever will be, will be.
The future's not ours to see.
Que sera, sera, What will be, will be."

When I grew up and fell in love
I asked my lover, "What will I be?
Will I have rainbows Day after day"
Here's what my lover said:

"Que sera, sera, Whatever will be, will be.
The future's not ours to see.
Que sera, sera, What will be, will be."

Now I have children of my own,
They ask their Mother, "What will I be?
Will I be handsome? Will I be rich?"
I tell them tenderly:

"Que sera sera, Whatever will be, will be.
The future's not ours to see.
Que sera, sera, What will be, will be."

I'll be down, when you're gone
Call me back on the telephone
Lil ole, lil ole, lil ole name and a title
I gets all the way down
If I don't keep smilin' witchall
You gonna see me frown
That's why I keep music
All around the bed
So I can call Frisky
Very hard to be led in the wrong direction
Frisky, yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh Frisky, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh Frisky, yeah, yeah, Frisky, hah hah
Put a little tickle on the Jones' head
Turn off the lights and go to bed
Have you ever ever stopped a rainbow
I don't think so at least
It kept on comin'
What an afternoon feast
Energy the jailur
Wanna keep it in check
Gonna check with my tailor
'Cause I don't give a heck
Yeah, yeah, Frisky, Frisky yeah
Ah huh Frisky, oh yes sir Frisky
Put a little tickle on the Jones' head
Turn off the lights and go to bed
Under-under-understand the
power of a little heart
Applied at the wrong pressure
Makes for a slower start yea
Short time I'll be there
Didn't wait too long
I long for sunday
When I don't feel strong
Get down somethin' Frisky

Just Like A Baby
Just like a baby,
Sometimes I cry.
Just like a baby,
I can feel it when
You lie to me.
Just like a baby
I'll try if I can
Just like a baby,
Just like a baby
Inside a little big man
Everything is new.
Just like a baby,
Come to find out
I'm a whole lot like
You, too
Just like a baby
See the thing it's growin',
Just like a baby
Blowin '.

My only weapon is my pen
And the frame of mind I'm in.
I'm a songwriter, A poet.
I'm a songwriter, A poet.
And the things I flash on Everyday
They all reflect In what I say.
I'm a songwriter I'm a poet
I'm a songwriter, Oh yeh a poet.

It's a family affair, It's a family affair.
One child grows up to be
Somebody that just loves To learn.
And another child grows up to be
Somebody you'd just love To burn.
Mom loves the both of them
You see it's in the blood
Both kids are good to Mom
"Blood's thicker than mud."
It's a family affair, It's a family affair.

Newlywed a year ago.
But you're still checking Each other out.
Nobody wants to blow
Nobody wants to be Left out.
You can't leave, 'cause your
Heart is there.
But you can't stay, 'cause
You been somewhere else!
You can't cry, 'cause you'll
Look broke down
But you're cryin' anyway
'Cause you're all broke
Down!
It's a family affair,

Frightened faces to the wall
Oh can't you hear your
Mama call?

The Brave and Strong Survive!

When you walk,
Know where you're walking.
When you talk
Know who you're talking to.

Brave and Strong Survive! Survive!

Out and Down
Ain't got a friend.
You don't know who turned You in.
The Brave and Strong, Survive!

Brave and Strong,
Survive!

Before me was a Cowboy star.
Indians!
And there you are.

The Brave and Strong, Survive!

The Brave and Strong, Survive Child!

Yeh Jones, Survive

Time goes slow
When you're not here
I wait alone
For your call dear

You're leavin soon
For New york dear
It's almost noon
I wish you were here

[Chorus:]
Cause when your gone I'm left alone
Nobody callin' on the phone
Even though you're happy
I just want you for me
To have alone
Time goes slow

Follow your dreams
Make it big there
I know you can
You always did here

And when you do
Will you call me
Cause if you don't
That would kill me

[Chorus]

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]

Running away
To get away,
Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
You're wearing out your shoes.

Looh at you fooling you!

Making Blues Of day and night.
Hee! Hee! Hee! Hee!
You're stretching out your dues.

The shorter cut is quicker,
But . . . Ha! Ha! il l Hd Time k here to stay! Look at you fooling you!

The deeper in debt
The harder You bet, Hee! Hee! Hee! Hee!
Need more room to play! Look at you fooling you!

Another day
You're farther away.
Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
A lonpr trip back home

Running away
To get away,
Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
You're wearing out your shoes.

Looh at you fooling you!

Making Blues Of day and night.
Hee! Hee! Hee! Hee!
You're stretching out your dues.

The shorter cut is quicker,
But . . . Ha! Ha! il l Hd Time k here to stay! Look at you fooling you!

The deeper in debt
The harder You bet, Hee! Hee! Hee! Hee!
Need more room to play! Look at you fooling you!

Another day
You're farther away.
Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
A lonpr trip back home

Stand!
Stand
In the end you'll still be you
One that's done all the things you set out to do
Stand
There's a cross for you to bear
Things to go through if you're going anywhere
Stand
For the things you know are right
It s the truth that the truth makes them so uptight
Stand
All the things you want are real
You have you to complete and there is no deal
Stand. stand, stand
Stand. stand, stand
Stand
You've been sitting much too long
There's a permanent crease in your right and wrong
Stand
There's a midget standing tall
And the giant beside him about to fall
Stand. stand, stand
Stand. stand, stand
Stand
They will try to make you crawl
And they know what you're saying makes sense and all
Stand
Don't you know that you are free
Well at least in your mind if you want to be

Sing a Simple Song
Sing a simple song
Yeah, yeah, yeah, etc.
I'm talkin' talkin' talkin' talkin' talkin' in my sleep
I'm walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin' in the street
Time is passin' I grow older Things are happening fast
All I have to hold onto is a simple song at last
Let me hear you say
Yeah, yeah, yeah, etc.
Sing a simple song
Try a little do re me fa so la ti do

Yeah, yeah, yeah, etc.
I'm livin' livin' livin' life with all its ups and downs
I'm givin' givin' givin' love and smilin' at the frowns

You're in trouble when you find it's hard for you to smile
A simple song might make it better for a little while
Let me hear you say Yeah, yeah. yeah, etc.

I'm talkin' talkin' talkin' talkin'
I'm walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin
I'm livin' livin' livin' love
I'm livin' lovin' know about lovin'

Everybody sing together Yeah, yeah. yeah. etc.

Sometimes I'm right and I can be wrong
My own beliefs are in my song
The butcher, the banker, the drummer and then
Makes no difference what group I'm in
I am everyday people, yeah yeah
There is a blue one who can't accept the green one
For living with a fat one trying to be a skinny one
And different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and scooby dooby doo-bee
Oh sha sha - we got to live together
I am no better and neither are you
We are the same whatever we do
You love me you hate me you know me and then
You can't figure out the bag l'm in
I am everyday people, yeah yeah
There is a long hair that doesn't like the short hair
For bein' such a rich one that will not help the poor one
And different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and scooby dooby doo-bee
Oh sha sha-we got to live together
There is a yellow one that won't accept the black one
That won't accept the red one that won't accept the white one
And different strokes for different folks

You can make it if you try
You can make it if you try
Push a little harder
Think a little deeper
Don't let the plastic bring you down

Chorus:

Ail together now
Yeah, yean. yeah. etc.
You can make it if you try
You can make it if you try

Time is still creeping
Specially when you're sleeping
Wake up and go for what you know

(Repeat Chorus)

You'll get what's due you
And everything coming to you
You got to move if you want to be ahead

(Repeat Chorus)

Stand!
Stand
In the end you'll still be you
One that's done all the things you set out to do
Stand
There's a cross for you to bear
Things to go through if you're going anywhere
Stand
For the things you know are right
It s the truth that the truth makes them so uptight
Stand
All the things you want are real
You have you to complete and there is no deal
Stand. stand, stand
Stand. stand, stand
Stand
You've been sitting much too long
There's a permanent crease in your right and wrong
Stand
There's a midget standing tall
And the giant beside him about to fall
Stand. stand, stand
Stand. stand, stand
Stand
They will try to make you crawl
And they know what you're saying makes sense and all
Stand
Don't you know that you are free
Well at least in your mind if you want to be

Fun
When I party, I party hearty
Fun is on my mind

Fun
Put a smile on your face
Leave that bummer behind

Fun
There's a sister and there's a brother
Havin' fun with each other

Fun
Daddy always hangs up the boys
He just wants to party with mother

A private thought cannot be bought
But you know what you have to do
Socketh unto others
As you would have them socketh to you

Fun
When I party, I party hearty
Fun is on my mind

Fun
Put a smile on your face
Leave that bummer behind

Fun
There's a sister and there's a brother
Havin' fun with each other

Fun
Daddy always hangs up the boys
He just wants to party with mother

Fun...

When I party, I party hearty
Fun is on my mind
Put a smile on your face
Leave that bummer behind

Life
All: Life, Life
Past the clouds
You don't have to come down

Life, Life
Tell it like it is
You don't have to die before you live

Larry: You might get angry some times
But don't let it turn you around
All you gotta do
Is get your livin' down

(CHORUS)

Sly: You might be scared of somethin' -- look at Mr. Stewart!
He's the only person he has to fear
He'd only let himself get near
He don't trust nobody
If he stopped bein' so shady
He could have a nice young lady

(CHORUS)

Freddie: You're gonna be sad sometime
You might wake up to find your pet is gone
But maybe
He's tired of bein' alone
Dog gets hip, it has to go
If you're lovin' you can't be sad no more

(CHORUS)

Love City
Rose: Ahhhh yeah
All: Love City x 2

Rose & Sly: Love a generation
Who do you want to be
Get into your own thing
Everybody's free free free free

All: Love City x 2

Freddie: Look into the future
Tell me what you see

Larry: Brothers and sisters holding hands
You sittin next to me

Sly: Peaceful minds and beautiful heads
You see short and long hair
You just might even see Harry Hippy
Groovin with the squares

Rose: I can see a big reunion
How could we go wrong now
All these wonderful people singin
All these wonderful songs, yeah

All: Love City x 2

Larry & Sly scat sing

All: Love City

Sly: L-O-V-E

All: Love City

Sly: I got to have it

All: Love City

Sly: Oooooooooh

All: Love City

Sly: I want it

All: Love City

Sly: I want it
All: Now now now now now now now now

All: Love City
Love City
I want it now now now now now now

Hey dig!
I know how it feels to expect to get a fair shake
But they won't let you forget
That you're the underdog and you've got
to be twice as good (yeah yeah)
Even if you're never right
They get uptight when you get to write
Or you might start thinking too much, yeah (yeah yeah)
I know how it feels when you know you're real
But every other time
You get up and get a raw deal, yeah (yeah yeah)
Say I'm the underdog
I say I'm the underdog
Say I'm the underdog
I'm the underdog

I know how it feels to get demoted
When it comes time you got promoted
But you might be movin' up too fast, yeah (yeah yeah)
If you ever love somebody of a different set
I bet the set didn't let you forget
That it just don't go like that (yeah yeah)
I know how it feels
For people to stop, turn around and stare
Say goodbye and they low rate, low rate me (yeah yeah)
I don't mind I'm the underdog
No I can handle it I'm the underdog
I'm the underdog, yeah
Underdog

I know how it feels to be played upon
See you at the party
But you're really, you're really all alone (yeah yeah)
They just underestimate me
I know how it feels when you're feelin' down
And you wanna come up but you realize
You're in the wrong part of town, yeah (yeah yeah)
I know how it feels to have to go along
With people you don't even know
Simply because there happens to be
A whole lot more of them, yeah (yeah yeah)
Say I'm the underdog
I'm the underdog
I don't mind 'cause I can handle it
Underdog, It's gonna be alright
I'm the underdog