This, that and the other. An email home to mother
The ghost of inspiration right outside
This, that and the other. A bed of flowers. One true lover
That's a fantasy and it can take you for a ride

Here, there, and unpleasant. Everything is redundant
It's hard to keep your eyes upon the prize
Here, there, and unpleasant. The rich man and the peasant
One lives in grace, and the other gets it when he dies

In, out, and about it. Finding reasons to doubt it
You can't tell the advertisements from the truth
In, out, and about it. Too weary to go out and shout it
Underdog's gone, he couldn't find a telephone booth

Left, right, all around us. Seems we got on the wrong bus
And now we're lost in the mountains of Peru
Left, right, all around us. Everyone makes such a big fuss
Out of finding the creatures that are hiding inside of this zoo

Back, forth, stationary. Life gets kind of scary
Sitting here, slapping our thighs while we're watching the news
Back, forth, stationary. No time here to tarry
You'd better run for your life or prepare to surrender your views

Big, small, in the middle. Hot cakes on the griddle
Sunrise sits just above the edges of dawn
Big, small, in the middle. Six strings and a fiddle
You gotta move your ass. You gotta keep on keeping on

Far off and behind you. Someone is looking to find you
Open your eyes and look out at the rest of the crowd
Far off and behind you. Only ideas can bind you
The song is too subtle and the music is much too loud

Black, white, and fantastic. Most of this life is drastic
Born from the fear that we might find out who we are
Black, white, and fantastic. Flesh and blood, and then plastic
We arrive so alive and burn out like a shooting star

Start, stop and keep going. Upstream we'll keep rowing
The water keeps rushing on by, but we're stubborn and stern
Start, stop and keep going. The winter winds still blowing
Try to pay attention, cause there's always something to learn