Interpret:

John Scatman

Album:

Everybody Jam!

I've been watching your performance since
I was just a boy
You're so diplomatic and you're actin so coy
I see you on the TV at nite when I'm in bed
Can a
Blindman understand the color red?


I see you at the podium how gracefuly you sway
You're talking real clear
but are you hearing what you say?
Your lips keep movin talking as you walk
But
Everybody knows you're not walkin what you talk
I see you eating out I don'te mean to be rude
but you're so
Busy reading menu's you forgot to order food...
you're so
Living in the image of a long forgotten dream
You're
Acting out the action of a bad movie scene


Your champaign slogan says you want to make a change
You
wanna help the hungry and the mentally deranged
Stop being arrogant come down off you shell
'cause you
Can't help no-one if you can't help yourself


Shut your mouth and open your mind
Steppin on your own shoe
Steppin on your own shoe
Shut your mouth and open your mind


Shut your mouth and open your mind
Steppin on your own shoe
Steppin on your own shoe
Shut your mouth and open your mind
I'm tellin you


Yeah...woah
I'm tellin you
Yeah...woah
I'm tellin you
Yeah...woah
I'm tellin you
Yeah...woah


You pretend that you listen
you don't hear what we say
You're so far from the truth
you an't see the light of day
You messed up your mind cuz you took the easy road
and acting understanding only made you grow old


I wish that I could tell you
the things I want to say but
first yu gotta chip out the lies in your way
There's too many like you
and no matter what you say
Whoever wrote the lines forgot to throw them away


I'd really like to tell what you don't wanna hear
man, everything you're living for
is grounded in fear
As long as you keep talking out the
of your neck you'll
never understand why your life is a wreck


Just listen to this song
it's as close as you get to get to
Any sense of hope you get your soul outta dept
It effectively elaborates
the pattern that you weave
We all see the ace taht you keep up your sleeve


Shut your mouth and open your mind
Easy does it boys
he's just lost and he's blind
Shut your mouth and open your mind
Check it out boys he's just hard to find
shut your mouth and open your mind
Take it easy boys he don't know what he's sayin
Shut you muth and open your mind
Easy does it boys get down


Scatting


...1Yeeeeaaaaahhh.....


I'm tellin you
Yeah...woah (Steppin n your own shoes)
I'm tellin you
Yeah...woah (Steppin on your own shoes)
I'm tellin you
Yeah...woah
I'm tellin you
Yeah...woah


Shut your mouth and open your mind
Shut your mouth and open your mind
(Ceck it out check it out check it out boys)
I see you at the podium how gracefully you sway
You're
talkin real clear but are you hearin what you say?
Your lips keep movin talkin as you walk
But everybody knows
you're not walkin what you talk


I'm tellin you
Yeah...woah
I'm tellin you
Yeah...woah
I'm tellin you
Yeah...woah
I'm tellin you
Yeah...woah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah