Anthony Phillips - Um & Aargh Lyrics
You couldn't run, you couldn't hide, they had their spies out on your trackYou had some fun, you took a ride, you tried to fit into the packBut all the time they knew you lied, they knew that you'd be bound to crackHospital CarolinaYou dreamed of stars, of open cars and surfing out on MalibuYou drank in bars and Miromars, you shot the dice and skimmed the poolYou thought of saving your integrity before it came up for renewalHospital Carolina - so who needs Rudolf Steiner?Let me hear you now"Um and aargh, um and aargh, um", was all he told meI'm catching beriberi and I'm feeling so low"This is much too good for the people" he saidI said "don't people have minds of their own?"And it's better that you agreeIn this best of best industriesI was in the midst of a dreamI felt like shouting something obsceneA man appeared, he had a beard, he had a dog right at his feetI said, "My song?", he said "it's long, it's got no balls", I said"that's neat, but it took me thirty years to write",He said, "your image is incomplete".Hospital CarolinaThe curtains up, the spotlight's on, they've got you spitting at the crowdA needle match, a little scratch and you're above the busy cloudGoing out and getting in a fight, it makes the news, so you'll be proudHospital Carolina - so who needs Rudolf Steiner?They've washed you up, they've squashed you upYou find your brain is going badYou played the game, it's all the same, the wisest fools are really madYou take a gun, to save our sons and, God, his brain is bullet-proofAnd so it's welcome to the ministry of everlasting truthLet me hear you now"Um and aargh, um and aargh, um", was all he told meI'm catching beriberi and I'm feeling so low"This is much too good for the people" he saidI said "don't people have minds of their own?"Shooting to the top, be a great tin godThen plummet to obscurity well,And it's better that you agreeIn this best of best industriesAnd it's better not to presumeOr it's you that we will consume
