Talkin' Big Chill Blues
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Hey, it's been so good to me
Honey, now I'm starting to see
That it's not all it's cracked up to be
We marched in the streets, protested the war
Fought racism, sexism, chose to be poor
Tried Buddhism, Zen, TM, LSD
Played guitars in the stars and vowed to stay free
Confounded our elders, wanted none of their biz
"Something's happenin' but they don't know what it is"
Woodstock, Altamont, it's come to a head
Got the bombings and the riots and the four students dead
Heroin, speed, disband and disperse
Nixon gets re-elected, it couldn't get worse
Are you part of the problem or are you the solution?
And don't put your faith in the old institutions!
Hey, it's been so good to me
Honey, now I'm starting to see
That it's not all it's cracked up to be
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1, 2
1, 2, 3
1, 2, 3, 4
If I'm not for me then who will be?
And if not now when? It's easy to see
That by 1980 there's a new set of rules
Now the winner is the guy with the
Most
Greater
Fools
Got a wife, gotta work, so it's understood
Goodbye "Peace & Love" and hello "Greed Is Good"!
First I got a Mercedes and then a McMansion
Now how is that not economic expansion?
Come home late each night kids already in bed
I look down at my voter card and it's all stamped in red
Is it good for the planet? Hell, I don't know
But I'm gettin' ahead and it's starting to show!
Hey, it's been so good to me
Honey, now I'm starting to see
That it's not all it's cracked up to be
Hello wife # 2 - hello kid # 4
If I worked any more I'd be dead on the floor
It's a winner take all game - don't be a putz
You see what they pay teachers? You'd have to be nuts
To do that for a living
So let's all praise the savior...
And reward ourselves for our bad behavior!
Cuz when you hold the door open, for guys like us
You're throwing your own future under the bus
But you held us up like a shining example
Cuz you knew in your heart you were willing to trample
On your friends and your neighbors if it filled up your purse...
You're just pissed that you didn't think of it first
Hey, it's been so good to me
Honey, now I'm starting to see
That it's not all it's cracked up to be
My country has really asked nothing of me
Since June 30, 1973
So I plundered her bounties, looted her stores
And then had the chutzpah to come back for more
My son's out of work again, he called to discuss
He said "Thanks, old man, you left nothing for us."
We were bright young kids full of thrills and excitement
Now we're old, full of pills, under threat of indictment
So damn deep inside it we can't see outside it
And all the booze and the antidepressants can't hide it
Cuz it's a mighty big chill you get down in your bones
The day you realize
YOU HAVE BECOME MR. JONES
Hey, it's been so good to me
Honey, now I'm starting to see
That I'm not all I'm cracked up to be
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