Stiff Little Fingers - Get A Life lyrics

Well you snap to attention

And pay heed to what they say

Cos you know

That you please them all that way

And you don't need to think now

Cos your mind has gone astray

And they'll do your thinking anyway

And your head is full of ideas

That don't mean a thing

With your new sense of duty

And your brain washed shiny clean

It's time

To take your part in the parade

Yet you sound like your father

And I don't want to be mean

But did

You never want to break away?

And your head is full of answers

With no questioning

And your life is very simple

You won't let the outside in

Won't you tell me

Why won't you get a life?

Are you scared of what feels right?

Won't you help me

Reach the meaning of you

Well it's hard for me

To understand how this can be

You're the same age as me

Yet you're older by years

Well you snap to attention

And pay heed to what they say

Cos you know

That you please them all that way

And you don't need to think now

Cos your mind has gone astray

And they'll do your thinking anyway

And your head is full of ideas

That don't mean a thing

So I won't try to change you

You can carry on that way

But I hope

You come back to life one day