John Mellencamp - Let Them Run Your Lives lyrics

Hello girls and boys As you sit in your carpeted bedrooms With your stereos on and on Playin' with those hundred dollar toys Built to occupy your minds So you don't notice your future's are gone And as you race on through the streets tonight Lookin' for some lonely lover to hold you tight You think that the world is alright Well you're out of touch, you're out of time You're gonna crack, your fragile regulated minds As you're headin' on to no kind of conclusion Go on, let 'em run your lives Watch 'em as they cut your throat With they're parental carving knife Go on, let 'em run your lives Are you too young to see Or just to old to fight They've taken the energy away from you They haven't taught you enough to deal With the ordeal you must be goin' through Yeah but look at this now They've left you the schools They've left you the government But they're all fallin' down Don't forget to make the past due payments And in this world of uncertainties You can be certain that You must kiss the a** of the authoritites And kiss you will if you want to survive You don't have to look too hard to see That there just ain't no free rides Hell it takes a real man to survive Go on, let 'em run your lives Watch 'em as they cut your throat With they're parental carving knife Go on, let 'em run your lives Are you too young to see Or just to old to fight Well Jay Dee is locked in his soul some kinda hotel Well he's burnin inside he shakes shakes shakes All through the night And little Ruda Juda is pa**ed out on the floor She's just so damn stupid won't somebody Take away her gun and show her the door Show her the door, show her that door's open And me I'm so misunderstood, but I'm still alive And my eyes are open wide to the fact That the world just will lie And it'll kick you right in the face Go on, let 'em run your lives Watch 'em as they cut your throat With they're parental carving knife Go on, let 'em run your lives Are you too young to see Or just to old to fight Hey are you too young to see Or just too old to fight Do we have to fight the rest of our lives