I was told not long ago that I can't talk the way I do Singers shouldn't share their current affairs or worldly views Sayin' somethin' off the wall just might bend folks outta shape Hard workin' people spend their paychecks to show up and escape So put a plug in what you think Man, shut up and sing
So I pulled out my guitar and I gave it a strum And I thought about the way I'd lay it out there if one Lone song was all I had to make it all make half sense To put some heart back on the forefront, collective consciousness Can't be dead as my six strings I wondered, what would I shut up and sing? Then it hit me
Shut up and sing, "Lord have mercy on all us earthly fools" There's poison in our rhetoric and bullets in our schools So I'll sing, "What the hell is going on around here?" Let's take these blinders off our eyes and pull the cotton from our ears Until somebody says somethin' that means somethin', I'll Shut up and sing
Sometimes sayin' nothin' says it all and then some more Conjecture causes bull and fuels unnecessary wars Poets know hiding the truth somewhere between the lines somehow Makes it seem worth more for those looking to find Some answers to the troubles this life brings Shut up and sing
Shut up and sing, "Lord forgive us for we know not what we do" They're shouting from the mountains down to south border towns too Shut up and sing, "What the hell is going on around here?" Let's take these blinders off our eyes and pull the cotton from our ears Till somebody says somethin' that means something, I'll Shut up and sing
Songs got ways of going places folks have never been From one side of the world round and round and back again Universal unity ain't realistic, no, oh But who says we can't hum one for the hell of it all? You never know how true a melody might ring till You shut up and singTeksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
