With Mr Soul or King Creole    You gotta go with the man in the band    He'll be your guide    Singing la la la la    But what makes Mr Politic    A lot of words another trick    Turn peace into war    Singing ha ha ha ha          Ooh it's not the way we want it    Not the way at all    Not the way to change our minds    Our backs up against the wall       The boys in the band all live in harmony    For life's a poem    And we can make it rhyme    The boys in the band all live in harmony    Let's get it together before we    Go down, down, down       I don't want to theorise it    Just hope people realise    The simple melody can free your soul    And let you be man what you are    And fly la la la    But every back street slum where    Pushers push and hookers hook    Just won't set you free with ha ha ha ha       Oooh it's not the way we want it    Not the way at all    Not the way to change our minds    Our backs up against the wall       The boys in the band all live in harmony    For life's a poem    And we can make it rhyme    The boys in the band all live in harmony    Let's get it together before we    Go down, down, down       Break      The boys in the band all live in harmony    The boys in the band all live in harmony       Oooh it's not the way we want it    Not the way at all    Not the way to change our minds    Our backs up against the wall       The boys in the band all live in harmony    The boys in the band all live in harmony       The boys in the band all live in harmony    The boys in the band all live in harmony       The boys in the band all live in harmony    The boys in the band all live in harmony