Rainbirds

Things Change

Rainbirds


Read it in the papers 
Read it in the books 
Find it in the mail-box 
between the lines and hooks 
The games we play 
And hope to win 
Things change 
Step into the hallway 
Step out into the street 
Hang out at those places 
Were all the people meet 
The avant-garde 
And right from the start 
Things change 
I used to be a Marylin 
Like so many others 
The saddest clown you've ever seen 
On yout television screen 
That was style 
But now it seems sort of senile 

Miles away from here 
Miles away from you and me 
Ideas are running wild and free 
the wind chases them up and down 
never lets them touch the ground 
They pretend to sleep and let it be 
But when they wake up 
And put on a make-up 
They set up a new rule 
The same old scheme 
The same old dream 
That things change 

I used to be a king of need 
Like so many others
I used to sell my heart and soul 
Once in a while 
And that was style 

Just now some miles away from here 
The wind chases me up and down 
never lets me touch the ground 
I pretend to sleep and let it be 
But when I wake up
I put on a make-up 
And set up a new rule