You're just a fool Just a fool To believe you can change the world Don't listen listen to them when they say Or do you tell yourself Love is alive What'cha gonna do with the thirty six cents Sticky with coke on your floorboard When a woman on the street is

Listen what they say (listen what they say) I wouldn't do that (ooh, ooh) 54-46 was my number, was my number, man Can you hear me say, yeah? (yeah yeah) Right now, someone else has that number Stick it up, mister Can you hear what I'm saying now, yeah

Starry, starry night What you tried to say to me And how you tried to set them free Now I understand They would not listen, they did not know how Perhaps they'll listen listen now And how you suffered for your sanity Paint your palette blue and grey Look out on

Starry, starry night What you tried to say to me How you tried to set them free Now I understand And how you suffered for your sanity They would not listen, they did not know how Perhaps they'll listen listen now Paint your palette blue and grey Look out on a

I don't think they know, how could they know Say they saw Yea yea yeah they don't know about us, they don't know about it I don't think they know the truth Don't listen listen to (How could they know) What people say (How could they know) They don't know about

Misery you insist that the weight of the world Should be on your shoulders Misery there's much more to life than what you see My friend of misery You just stood there screaming Fearing no one was listening to you They say the empty can rattles the most

Because the night life It ain't no good life but it's my life When that ev'nin' sun goes down Yeah, you'll find me hangin' around Yeah, yeah, yeah listen listen to the blues Listen Listen to what they're sayin' Oh, please listen listen to the blues Listen Listen to the blues

Don't surrender, surrender, surrender Please remember, remember December We were so in love back then Are you listening To what they say? Don't go that way Remember, remember, December Please remember Don't surrender

Because the night life It ain't no good life but it's my life When that ev'nin' sun goes down Yeah, you'll find me hangin' around Yeah, yeah, yeah listen listen to the blues Listen Listen to what they're sayin' Oh, please listen listen to the blues Listen Listen to the blues