ONE MORE TIME
Welcome to the realm of repetition;
welcome to last year or who know when?Not deja-vu, not premonition -
this here's the age of do it againStep on up to bullshit central;
same old shit and trod through last week
All the poop we were too dumb or lazy to stoop and scoop
All the words we were to afraid to speak
Come on down you're the next contestant, stake your claim make no investment
Just watch the wheel go round and round
Cross your fingers now don't think twice,
luck is the greatest labour saving device
And while we await the roll of the dice, a little theme music might be nice
Chorus:One more time, let's hear that song again
One more time, I can't remember how it ends
Take us back to the part about have and have not, cause and effect
How's it go? I forgot, one more time,such a simple refrain about how
Ya don't ride the bus if you can't make the change
What good is painting with a ruler? And why write the book that you just read?
Still it seems convention beats invention -
down in the word of "as good as it gets"So here comes something you already know
Not hard to guess at what's in storeAnd after all this is gold-radio-
"oh yes you've heard this song beforeWhy can't we be nostalgia resistant,
and do what's perfect from instant to instant?
Why do we always carve it down in stone?
Worship our heroes and hate our villains,
take any protection from makin decisionsSweet music we all get attached but,
seems this record's stuck on a scratchChorus:
One more time...such a simple refrain but,no one was listening
Won't you play it again?Play it again for all it's worth
I can analyse, criticize, demonize, politicize, apologise and rationalise;
but can I harmonise?