This That and the Other Lyrics

This, that and the other. An email home to mother

The ghost of inspiration right outside

This, that and the other. A bed of flowers. One true lover

That's a fantasy and it can take you for a ride

Here, there, and unpleasant. Everything is redundant

It's hard to keep your eyes upon the prize

Here, there, and unpleasant. The rich man and the peasant

One lives in grace, and the other gets it when he dies

In, out, and about it. Finding reasons to doubt it

You can't tell the advertisements from the truth

In, out, and about it. Too weary to go out and shout it

Underdog's gone, he couldn't find a telephone booth

Left, right, all around us. Seems we got on the wrong bus

And now we're lost in the mountains of Peru

Left, right, all around us. Everyone makes such a big fuss

Out of finding the creatures that are hiding inside of this zoo

Back, forth, stationary. Life gets kind of scary

Sitting here, slapping our thighs while we're watching the news

Back, forth, stationary. No time here to tarry

You'd better run for your life or prepare to surrender your views

Big, small, in the middle. Hot cakes on the griddle

Sunrise sits just above the edges of dawn

Big, small, in the middle. Six strings and a fiddle

You gotta move your ass. You gotta keep on keeping on

Far off and behind you. Someone is looking to find you

Open your eyes and look out at the rest of the crowd

Far off and behind you. Only ideas can bind you

The song is too subtle and the music is much too loud

Black, white, and fantastic. Most of this life is drastic

Born from the fear that we might find out who we are

Black, white, and fantastic. Flesh and blood, and then plastic

We arrive so alive and burn out like a shooting star

Start, stop and keep going. Upstream we'll keep rowing

The water keeps rushing on by, but we're stubborn and stern

Start, stop and keep going. The winter winds still blowing

Try to pay attention, cause there's always something to learn