in theory we're the same   no great shame   though we're poles apart      from here to here knows when   can't understand   why you think this way      stood firm and took the strain   of every day   with the same old chores      obsessive with the way   that you play   and it goes on and on      so something has to change   as we grow bolder   someone's got to live   by what's been said and done      we all know that you'll change   when they say   it's been the perfect choice      is the risk worth all the pain   that your name's   important after all      disagree but never say   that my aims   were the same as yours      in theory we're the same   no great shame   though we're poles apart      so something has to change   as we grow bolder   someone's got to live   by what's been said and done      so something has to change   as we grow bolder   someone's got to live   by what's been said and done