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SHUT UP AND LISTEN
by Robert Hunter
you're so busy talkin
you never find out
what ev'ryone else
is keepin' quiet about
You're so busy knockin
you don't understand
the door's wide open
don't go breakin your hand
CHORUS:
Shut up & Listen
A minute or two
Shut up & Listen
You could pick up a clue
Shut up & Listen
Doot' n doo doo
Shut up & Listen
I'm talkin to you
Shut up and listen
or you may never learn
why pigs don't fly
why water don't burn
why you can't find a cop
when it's a cop you need
Why you can't grow gators
from crocodile seed
CHORUS
Walking in a storm
with an ear to the blast
thinkin each moment
could be my last
A small still voice
seemed to beckon within
so quiet in there
you'd hear the drop of a pin
I asked what it wanted,
said what do you crave?
it said: nothinU but the first dance
on your grave
I ran for the faucet
and I turned off the storm
crawled under the bed
to consider reform
CHORUS
You don't pay attention
you don't analyze
an ounce of prevention's
worth a ton of surmise
So full of self-esteem
it's hard to relate
things are not what they seem
but you find out too late
Shut up and listen
and it may come clear
why the key to your hope's
the very thing you fear
CHORUS
Shut Up and Listen
Give it a rest
Shut Up and Listen
Play it close to the vest
Shut Up and Listen
There may be a test
Shut Up and Listen
You're under arrest!
(copyright 2000 Ice Nine Publishing)