Back in my schooldays, acting the fool days   One and one and one is three   And the man said, Hey, come and cut yourself a piece of the big time   Armor-clad forces, riding Trojan horses   Never made sense to me   I didn't want to be a part of the great debate on moonshine      Stop, pay the price, they said to me   Take this advice, you're out of your head   I said, Stop, hold the phone   This has to be cut to the bone   Too bad, I see red, I see red, I see red      Sly man stumbles, twists and he tumbles   He always lands on his feet   And he sets his face towards the far horizon   Won't you come this way? Can't you go that way?   But his rhythm don't miss a beat   'Cause he's doing everything he can to keep surviving   Stop, pay the price, they said to me   Take this advice, you're out of your head      Stop, pay the price, they said to me   Take this advice, you're out of your head   I said, Stop, hold the phone   This has to be cut to the bone   Too bad, I see red, I see red, I see red      So who wants a riot? People should be quiet   Don't we give them good TV?   You can learn to love your lifetime of distraction   Nothing on the inside, nothing on the outside   All the way from A to Z   I can live without that kind of satisfaction      Stop, pay the price, they said to me   Take this advice, you're out of your head   I said, Stop, hold the phone   This has to be cut to the bone   Too bad, I see red, I see red, I see red      Stop, pay the price, they said to me   Take this advice, you're out of your head   I said, Stop, hold the phone   This has to be cut to the bone   Too bad, I see red, I see red, I see red      Stop, pay the price, they said to me   Take this advice, you're out of your head   I said, Stop, hold the phone   This has to be cut to the bone   Too bad, I see red, I see red, I see red      Stop, pay the price, they said to me   Take this advice, you're out of your head   I said, Stop, hold the phone   This has to be cut to the bone   Too bad, I see red, I see red, I see red