You’d have to be an acrobat to touch her
Where she can feel a thing
You’d have to be a racecar diver
To catch up with him
You’d have to be an astronaut you’d have to be a shrink
You’d have to be an acrobat
‘Cause where they go
Nobody knows
She throws out her feet he holds them
He stands on her hands she trips him
You’d have to be an acrobat
You’d have to a saint
You’d have to be racecar diver
‘Cause where they go where they go
Nobody knows
Don’t believe what you hear
Don’t believe what you see
If you just close your eyes
You can feel the enemy
When I first met you girl
You had fire in your soul
What happened your face
Of melting in snow?
Now it looks like this!
And you can swallow
Or you can spit
You can throw it up
Or choke on it
And you can dream
So dream out loud
You know that your time is coming ‘round
…don’t let the bastards grind you down
No nothing makes sense
Nothing seems to fit
I know you’d hit out
If you only knew who to hit
And I’d join the movement
If there was one I could believe in
Yeah I’d break bread and wine
If there was a church I could receive in
‘Cos I need it now
To take a cup
To fill it up
To drink it slow
I Can’t let you go
And I must be
An acrobat
To talk like this
And act like that
And you can dream
So dream out loud
…don’t let the bastards grind you down
What are we doing to do now it’s all been said?
No new ideas in the house, and every book has been read
And I must be
An acrobat
To talk like this
And act like that
And you can dream
So dream out loud
And you can find
Your own way out
You can build
And I can will
And you can call
I can’t wait until
You can stash
And you can seize
In dreams begin
Responsibilities
And I can love
And I can love
I know that the tide is turning ‘round
…don’t let the bastards grind you down
