Todd Rundgren

[fox69]

"I Think You Know"

"I Think You Know"



The visitors were never seen
They missed my monologue between
But I think you know
The letters came, the letters went
The last reply was never sent
But I think you know
I can't explain what's in my brain
That tells me where to go
But I think you know

For I would draw a diagram
To signify the things I am
But I think you know
And in the end it all boils down
A useless bit of running 'round
'cause I think you know
And love I send to you my friend
But never tell you so
But I think you know

 

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"I Want You"

"I Want You"



I want you the right way
I want you, but I want you to want me too
Want you to want me too
Just like I want you

I give you all the love I have baby, and get nothing in return
Your love is all I crave
It's too bad, it's too sad
You don't want me now

I want you the right way
I want you, but I want you to want me too
Want you to want me too
Just like I want you

This one way love is just a fantasy
To share is precious, pure and fair
Don't play with something you should cherish for life
Baby don't you want to care?

 

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"I Went To The Mirror"

"I Went To The Mirror"



I went to the mirror this morning
I looked in the mirror instead
The first thing to come into focus
The first thing to come into focus
Was a face wrapped all around my head

There's something sticking out of the middle
I guess it's my nose, I suppose
I just don't recognize those eyes
All these years I've been watching from the other side

Uh oh, here I go thinking them crazy thoughts again
Who is that there?
You mean I been walking around in that all these years?
What's it all about?
Where's it all at?
I don't want to get heavy but uh, what am I doing here?

My lip has a dark spot upon it
My teeth look like plastic in chips
And there on my chin I discover
And there on my chin I discover
One lonely red and arrogant zit

I went about my business this morning
You got to get out of bed and make that bread
But try as I may to get away
I won't forget what I seen in the mirror today
I won't forget what I seen in the mirror today
I won't forget what I seen in the mirror today

I seen my eyes, I seen my nose
I seen my lips, my teeth
My, my gums, I seen my gums
I looked all the way down my throat
I looked at my ears, I looked real hard at my ears
I looked at my hair, I think I'm going bald
I had hair all over the sink or something

 

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"I'm In The Clique"

"I'm In The Clique"



I'm in the clique, I'm in the clique
I'm really slick, I know every trick
And I can get a chick, 'cause I'm in the clique.

Get your greasy hands off the guitar,
Get your slimy seat off the drums,
Go and take a chair in the corner,
And wait until your time comes.
Maybe you're a wheel in your hometown,
Maybe you're the best on the block,
But by the time you make it in new york,
Your axe will be in hock.

Gettin' in the door will cost a fin
Minimum is another three

It takes a year of heavy spending
Before they let you in free.
You may dress like everybody
But there the similarity ends
You need more than a uniform to be
In our little circle of friends.

Maybe I could give you advice
But what can I say to you?
Some people get it together
And some people never do.
Just try and get your foot in the door
And maybe, with luck, you may
Also be in a position to look
Down your nose on somebody someday.

 

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"If I Have To Be Alone"

"If I Have To Be Alone"



If I have to be alone
Then I should make my mind serene
After all you're born alone, you die alone
You might as well spend every moment in between alone

But if I have to be alone
Then it will be on my own terms
I can never talk about it, ever show it
Even though the world is watching while I squirm alone

And your bleeding heart friends say, "isn't it sad?"
Then they go make love
While you go insane. insane!
It drives you mad! mad!

My mind, I love my mind
And if no one can feel the same
I'm a computer with a name
And I've got no one else to blame
If I have to be alone

And if nobody understands
That special creature that is me
And if they fail to see the me I see
Then no one else knows truly what it is
To be alone

Maybe once in a lifetime you lose your will
Then you can let down your guard
But they cower in fear. in fear.
It makes you ill! ill!

My heart, my burning heart
And if no one will quench the flame
I'm not obliged to do the same
And then they'll have to share the blame
Because I have to be alone
Because I have to be alone
But I don't want to be alone

 

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"If Not Now, When?"

"If Not Now, When?"



Someone stuck me on the losing side
Everything is someone else's fault
We're not good enough for me to care

And the mantra is
"Too much effort, there's never time"
And your sole solution is a high pitched whine
It's not red-hot coals, it's not busted glass
There's no Mau-Maus after your sweet pink ass

So if not now when, if not now when, if not now when?
If not you, who then?

No one wants to be the first to fail
I won't play unless you guard my back

And the mantra is
"Change the system, and please arrange it
To change some way that I feel no change"
It's not flaming necklaces, household spies
There's no market bombings, no bullets fly

Bosnia, Bosnia
Try spelling "Herzegovina"
Where money talks and bullshit walks
The bullet or the ballet box

Babylon, oh Babylon
We babble on in Babylon
The TV blows, the music sucks
The bullet or the ballot box

We're not good enough for me to care

And the mantra is
"Leave the gun on the table loaded
The first to grab it's as good as voted in"

 

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"If Six Was Nine"

"If Six Was Nine"


[Whisper:]
Yeah, sing the song Bro'

If the sun refused to shine
I don't mind, I don't mind
If the mountains fell in the sea
Let it be, it ain't me
All right, 'cause I got my own world to look through
And I ain't gonna copy you

Now if six turned out to be nine
I don't mind, I don't mind
If all the hippies cut off all their hair
I don't care, I don't care
Dig, 'cause I got my own world to live through

And I ain't gonna copy you

White collar conservatives flashing down the street
Pointing their plastic finger at me
They're hoping soon my kind will drop and die
But I'm gonna wave my freak flag high (high)

Fall mountain, just don't fall on me
Go on Mr. business man, you can't dress like me
You don't even know what I'm talking about
I'm the one that's got to die
When it's time for me to die
So let me live my life the way I want to
Sing on brother, play on drummer

 

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"Influenza"

"Influenza"



I can feel, I can tell
I can feel, I can tell, I can see
Something is changing
To me change is no stranger
I don't run, I don't hide
I don't run, I don't hide, I don't fight
What fate arranges
I don't think about danger
If it was meant for me
I'd know just where to go
But if I can take it slow
Then I might be in control

In the back of my head
In the back of my head there is doubt
There is suspicion
With my new fascination
I don't know what it is
I don't know what it is, you might say
It's intuition
It's a true indication
I should trust myself
I should beware of this

But it's like a stranger's kiss
And somehow I can't resist

I can feel my will slip away
From a strange influenza
I can feel my mind slip away
Under your influenza
I can feel my heart slip away
Under your influenza

There's a part of my heart
There's a part of my heart that cries out
Please go no further
I just can't take the pressure
So I try to resist
So I try to resist and my heart
Tells me don't bother
That this pain is a pleasure
If I were someone else
I wouldn't disagree
But it's always hard to see
When something's controlling me

 

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"Initiation"

"Initiation"



Power changes hands in the unseen worlds
'cause in '75 something comes alive
Watch the silver cup and the golden rod
Silently listen and it shall be revealed
I was born to fly higher,
Born to stand where I'm standing now
Basking in the light of the neon fire
As it burns my useless body to the ground
Desire let me go
I would fly so high through the sky, never to die
Love has come, love has come
Inside outside, it shall be revealed
Brilliant stars splash down across a crystal sky
And the moon and the sun and the earth are one
See the shining soul break the ring-pass-not
Spiraling upward and it shall be revealed
The spirit is free
The universe wants it to be, it calls you and me
Love has come, love has come
Over under, it shall be revealed
When the bells ring out
And the fire burns within and without
Initiation
When your star grows bright

And fills all of the world with it's light
Unification
Swallow your pride, you don't need it no more
Don't have to hide, all I am is only one more
Standing at the door
Waiting for the world's initiation
Thunder roar and lightning crack
Snakes of fire dance up and down my back
A long, long road is behind me now
Too late to be afraid of the choice that I have made
But there's one thing I know
Where my spirit says to go,
You know that's where I must go
When the golden ray
Of the dawn signifies a new day
Initiation
And when loves grows strong
And the spheres join together in song
Unification
Swallow your pride, you don't need it no more
Don't need to hide, all I am is
Only one more, then shut the door
Waiting for the world's initiation
Over under, it shall be revealed

 

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"International Feel"

"International Feel"



Here we are again,
The start of the end
But there's more
I only want to see if you'll give up on me
But there's always more

There is more
International feel
And there is more
Interplanetary deals
But there is more
Interstellar appeal
Still there is more
Universal ideal
Still there is more
International feel

I swear something lies
In your ears and your eyes
Cause there's more
You hear and you see
Yet you do not believe
That there's always more

There is more
International feel
And there is more
Interplanetary deals
But there is more
Interstellar appeal
Still there's more
Universal ideal
Still there's more
International feel

I know, I know..