Things Change Lyrics - Rainbirds

Read it in the papers 

Read it in the books 

Find it in the mail-box 

between the lines and hooks 

The games we play 

And hope to win 

Things change 

Step into the hallway 

Step out into the street 

Hang out at those places 

Were all the people meet 

The avant-garde 

And right from the start 

Things change 

I used to be a Marylin 

Like so many others 

The saddest clown you've ever seen 

On yout television screen 

That was style 

But now it seems sort of senile 

Miles away from here 

Miles away from you and me 

Ideas are running wild and free 

the wind chases them up and down 

never lets them touch the ground 

They pretend to sleep and let it be 

But when they wake up 

And put on a make-up 

They set up a new rule 

The same old scheme 

The same old dream 

That things change 

I used to be a king of need 

Like so many others 

I used to sell my heart and soul 

Once in a while 

And that was style 

Just now some miles away from here 

The wind chases me up and down 

never lets me touch the ground 

I pretend to sleep and let it be 

But when I wake up 

I put on a make-up 

And set up a new rule 

That's how things change