What Have I Been Saying? Lyrics - O'connor Band

Listen young boys, and you young girls 

I'm an old man nearly done with this world 

I have served kings, and convicts as well 

I have been witness to heaven and hell 

If you think you're improving 

The fortunes of children by sitting around 

You talk when you all should be moving 

So open your ears and go hit the ground 

Oh what have I been saying 

Don't just sit there praying 

You'll only start, you'll only start 

If you shut off your mind and you follow your heart 

Your heart 

Listen young boys, and young girls 

I am a mother who's lived in this world 

Longer than you, you don't have a clue 

What it is like to survive 

But the truth is conventional wisdom 

Made in the light I've seen your soul 

Light that will not reach the prism 

As long as you put your own passion on hold 

Oh what have I been saying 

Don't just sit there praying 

You'll only start, you'll only start 

If you shut off your mind and you follow your heart 

Oh what have I been saying 

Live the words you're praying 

You'll only start, you'll only start 

If you shut off your mind and you follow your heart