Shut Your Mouth And Open Your Mind

Whoa...

I've been watchin' your performance since I was just a boy

You're so diplomatic and you're actin' so coy

I see you on the TV at night when I'm in bed

Can a blind man understand the color red?

I see you at the podium, how gracefully you sway

You're talkin' real clear, but are you hearin' what you say?

Your lips keep movin', talkin' as you walk

But everybody knows you're not walkin' what you talk

I see you eating out, I don't mean to be rude

But you're so busy readin' menus, you forgot to order food

You're livin' in the image of a long-forgotten dream

You're actin' out the action of a bad movie scene

Your campaign slogan says you want to make a change

You want to help the hungry and the mentally deranged

Stop being arrogant, get down off your shelf

'Cause you can't help no one if you can't help yourself.

Chorus:

Shut your mouth and open your mind (Steppin' on your own shoes, steppin' on your own shoes)

Shut your mouth and open your mind

Shut your mouth and open your mind (Steppin' on your own shoes, steppin' on your own shoes)

Shut your mouth and open your mind

I'm tellin' you yeah, whoa

I'm tellin' you yeah, whoa

I'm tellin' you yeah, whoa

I'm tellin' you yeah, whoa

You pretend that you listen, you don't hear what we say

You're so far from the truth you can't see the light of day

You messed up your mind, 'cause you took the easy road

And actin' understanding only made you grow old

I wish I'd like to tell you the things I wanna say

But first you gotta chip out the lies in your way

There's too many like you, and no matter what you say

Whoever wrote the lines forgot to throw them away.

I'd really like to tell you what you don't wanna hear, man

Everything you're living for is grounded in fear.

As long as you keep talkin' up the side of your neck

You'll never understand why your life is a wreck.

Just listen to the song, that's as close as you'll get

You'll get, to any sense of hope to get your soul out of debt.