Um & Aargh - Anthony Phillips

You couldn’t run, you couldn’t hide

They had their spies out on your track

You had some fun, you took a ride

You tried to fit into the pack

But all the time they knew you lied

They knew that you’d be bound to crack

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You dreamed of stars, of open cars

And surfing out on Malibu

You drank in bars and Miromars

You shot the dice and skimmed the pool

You thought of saving your integrity

Before it came up for renewal

Hospital Carolina

So who needs Rudolf Steiner?

Let me hear you now!

«Um and aargh, um and aargh, um», was all he told me

I’m catching beriberi and I’m feeling so low

«This is much too good for the people» he said

I said «don't people have minds of their own?»

And it’s better that you agree

In this best of best industries

I was in the midst of a dream

I felt like shouting something obscene

A man appeared, he had a beard

He had a dog right at his feet

I said, «My song?», he said «It's long

It’s got no balls», I said «That's neat

But it took me thirty years to write»

He said, «Your image is incomplete»

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The curtain’s up, the spotlight’s on

They’ve got you spitting at the crowd

A needle match, a little scratch

And you’re above the busy cloud

Going out and getting in a fight, it makes the news, so you’ll be proud

Hospital Carolina

So who needs Rudolf Steiner?

Let me hear you now!

«Um and aargh, um and aargh, um», was all he told me

I’m catching beriberi and I’m feeling so low

«This is much too good for the people» he said

I said «don't people have minds of their own?»

And it’s better that you agree

In this best of best industries

I was in the midst of a dream

I felt like shouting something obscene

They’ve washed you up, they’ve squashed you up

You find your brain is going bad

You played the game, it’s all the same

The wisest fools are really mad

You take a gun, to save our son

And, God, his brain is bullet-proof

And so it’s welcome to the ministry of everlasting truth

Hospital Carolina

So who needs Rudolf Steiner?

Let me hear you now!

«Um and aargh, um and aargh, um», was all he told me

I’m catching beriberi and I’m feeling so low

«This is much too good for the people» he said

I said «don't people have minds of their own?»

Shooting to the top, be a great tin god

Then plummet to obscurity well

And it’s better that you agree

In this best of best industries

And it’s better that you agree

In this best of best industries

And it’s better not to presume

Or it’s you that we will consume

And it’s better that you agree

In this best of best industries

And it’s better not to presume

Or it’s you that we will consume

And it’s better that you agree

In this best of best industries