Why make the past your sacred cow?

I guess you've changed, you've changed and how

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Fruit's grown rotten on the bough

Reap what you sow, with a counterfeit plough

Yeah, yeah, yeah



That was then but this is now

That was then but this is now



More sacrifices than an Aztec priest

Standing here straining at that leash

All fall down

Can't complain, musn't grumble

Help yourself to another peace of apple crumble

And consequently:

Hearts of oak are charged and blistered

Russians should be baby-sitted

Americans enlisted



That was then but this is now

That was then but this is now

That was then but this is nowHey folks
here's the story 'bout Minnie the Moocher
She was a low-down Hoochie Koocher

She was the roughest toughest frail
But Minnie had a heart as big as a whale

Hidey Hidey Hidey Hi
(Hidey Hidey Hidey Hi)
Hodey odey odey oh
(Hodey odey odey oh)
Heedey Heedey Heedey Hee
(Heedey Heedey Heedey Hee)
Hidey Hidey Hidey Ho
(Hidey Hidey Hidey Ho)

She messed around
with a bloke named smokey
She loved him though he was cokey

He took her down to Chinatown
And showed her how to kick
the gong around

Hidey Hidey Hidey Hi
(Hidey Hidey Hidey Hi)
Whooooooooaaaap!
(Whooooooooaaaap!)
Heedey Heedey Heedey Hee
(Heedey Heedey Heedey Hee)
Hidey Hidey Hidey Ho
(Hidey Hidey Hidey Ho)

She had a dream
about the King of Sweden
He gave her things
that she was needin'
He gave her a home
built of gold and steel
A diamond car
with the platinum wheels

Hidey Hidey Hidey Hidey Hidey Hidey Hi
(Hidey Hidey Hidey Hidey Hidey Hidey Hi)
Hodey odey odey Hodey odey odey oh
(Hodey odey odey Hodey odey odey oh)
.....
(.....)
.....
(.....)

He gave her is townhouse<

The smokestack is spitting black soot into the sooty sky
The load on the road brings a tear to the Indian's eye
The Elephant won't forget what it's like inside his cage
The Ringmaster's Telecaster sings on an empty stage

un huh God damn right it's a beautiful day
un huh God damn right it's a beautiful day un huh

The girl with the curls and the sweet pink ribbon in her hair
She's crawlin' out her window 'cause her daddy just don't care

(Come on!)
un huh God damn right it's a beautiful day un huh
God damn right it's a beautiful day uh huh

The clown with the frown driving down to the sidewalk fair
Finger on the trigger let me tell you he's quite a scare

uh huh God damn right it's a beautiful day uh huh
God damn right it's a beautiful day uh huh

The kids flip their lids when their heads hear that crazy sound
Their neighbour digs the flavour still he's moving to another town
(and I don't believe he's comin' back)

God damn right it's a beautiful day uh huh
God damn right it's a beautiful day uh huh

And I don't know how you're taking all the shit you see
Yeah, don't believe anyone but most of aMoi j’aurais jamais cru
Que j'penserais au divorce
Mais l'idée m'est venu
Vers la fin d'la nuit de noce
C'est pas que j'te déteste
Ou que j'veux t’voir mourir
C'est juste que tu m’agresses
Chaque fois qu'tu respires
Non c'est pas qu’tu m’écoeures
Ou que j'peux plus t'sentir
Mais essaie de dormir
Dans la pelle d'un tracteur
C'est pas qu't'es pas gentil
C'est qu't'as dû avaler
Lorsque t'étais petit
Un moteur de Harley
Chéri, tu ronfles
J't'ai donné des coups d'genoux
J't'ai secoué, j't'ai r’tourné
J't'ai roué de coups d'pied
Ça rien changé du tout
Quand t'es près d'étouffer
Là je guette en silence
Presque en train dâ€â