Pressure (BBC-Session Town and Country 08/05/93)

If you don't know what to say

Then keep your mouth shut out the way

You'll get no flattery

If you know the time of day

Then why'd you let yourself go gray

You need a battery

'Cause every moment counts

As the watchdog waits to pounce

But he ain't smart as me

With the Bible on his lips

And a pistol on each hip

But he ain't blindin' me

So just remember

Don't believe all you see

Things aren't always how they're meant to be

Some come as villain, dressed as virtue

But all they really wanna do is hurt you

And that's reality

Gotta keep it up, keep it up

Keep up the pressure

We gotta keep it up, keep it up

Keep up the pressure

We gotta keep it up, keep it up

Keep up the pressure

We're gonna keep it up, keep it up

Keep up the pressure

So when it feels like a sit 'n' slide

I treat each day as a brand new ride

Let it all come down on me

You could be north, you could be east

You could be beauty, you could be beast

It don't mean a thing to me

You could be movin', you could be still

As long as it's of your own free will

Don't be a target, see

Well save our souls, Saints preserve us

Hold on tight now, but don't get nervous

Bring it on quick before the light fade

There live a lover, comin' out the shade

At first you act like you don't know me

And all you seem to care about is mourning

And every day it seem to get harder

I don't know how we're gonna reach it farther

Gotta keep it up, keep it up

Keep up the pressure

We gotta keep it up, keep it up

Keep up the pressure

We gotta keep it up, keep it up

Keep up the pressure

We're gonna keep it up, keep it up

Keep up the pressure

Don't tell me what to do

Don't tell me how to live my life

I won't respond to you

You may have my rank, have my file

But I'll resist you like the Nile

Don't matter what you do

Gonna keep it up

Gotta keep it up

Keep up the pressure