Come Alive - Ric Ocasek

When I try to sit tight

I get nervous and confused

People’s faces melt into

That look you always use

They set you up with dignity

They pull you down in pain

You have no control

So you really can’t complain, ha

I don’t want to give you lip

Or bust your Christmas chops

Stand up on a mountain

With a beer can and a mop

They scream until their neck bleeds

And jack off in the wind

Feeling all the power

It takes to be a general

Oh yeah

You gotta come alive

You gotta come alive

Okay so it’s nothing

Nothing’s what it is

You can say it’s idiotic

I can’t say it’s his

You can find adventure

In someone else’s life

Or you can criticize

When you need a lift

When I try to sit tight

I get nervous and confused

People’s faces melt into

That look you always use

They set you up with dignity

They pull you down in pain

You have no control

So you really can’t complain

Oh yeah

You gotta come alive

You gotta come alive

I don’t want to give you lip

Or bust your Christmas chops

Stand up on a mountain

With a beer can and a mop

They scream until their neck bleeds

And jack off in the wind

Feeling all the power

It takes to be a general

It takes to be a president

It takes to be a healer

It takes to be a clown, hey

You

Gotta come alive

Gotta come alive

Come alive

Oh yeah

Come alive