all tied up

excuse me, can you tell me just how to live my life?
excuse me, can you tell me how to make the wrong seem right?
excuse me, politician man, did you send me all my bills?
lying to your brothers, is that how you get your thrills?

pre chorus:
well, you know it ain't easy to be livin' in this world of pain
and you know that it's tough to try and start all over again

chorus:
you got me all tied up in your foolish system
you got me all tied down when i'm feeling wounded & bound
i think i'll stand my ground and put you all in your place again

excuse me, can you tell me how to make the bad seem good?
and why the way i look gives me a bad reputation in my neighborhood
Do you feel what i feel when you're watching your tv?
the fights in the streets and the gloryhounds
 they all make no sense to me
excuse me, do you listen to any word i say?
i guess trying to make sense of all of this gives me a price to pay

(pre chorus)
(chorus)

*solo break*

you can have the style that you want to
i'm allowed to live like i want to
he's allowed to take all he can
and she's allowed to live like a man
i can't tell what is what anymore.....

(chorus)
(chorus)
but then i end up on this winding road again


robert west  (1993).
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