"Listen" lyrics

"Listen"

What's it like to play a part?
What's it like to have a wooden heart?
Well, every word you say is so rehearsed
You think your clothes, your actions, control the universe

Well listen, what you'd better do
Well listen darling, change your head
Well listen, or there's naught they can do
Listen to the ones who will change our world

Well, you're the face upon a playing card
A colored, painted, cold visage
You're just a pawn of somebody, somewhere
Oh well, the only trouble is you're gonna get nowhere

Well listen, what you'd better do
Well listen darling, change your head
Well listen, or there's naught they can do
Listen to the ones who will change our world

What's it like to play a part? (art-art-art-art)
Got a wooden heart
Just a puppet on a string
A nothing, no one, no style
Just play a part
Just a pawn of someone, somewhere
And you'll get nowhere

Well listen, what you'd better do
Well listen darling, change your head
Well listen, or there's naught they can do
Listen to the ones who will change our world
Gonna change our world
Gonna change our world


Writer(s): Billy Idol, Anthony Eric James
album: "Generation X" (1978)
Generation X - Generation X album cover
Your Generation
(Reissue Bonus Track)
Wild Youth
(Reissue Bonus Track)
Wild Dub
(Reissue Bonus Track)
Trying For Kicks
(Reissue Bonus Track)
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