Whoa...
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I've been watchin' your performance since I was just a boy
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You're so diplomatic and you're actin' so coy
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I see you on the TV at night when I'm in bed
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Can a blind man understand the color red?
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I see you at the podium, how gracefully you sway
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You're talkin' real clear, but are you hearin' what you say?
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Your lips keep movin', talkin' as you walk
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But everybody knows you're not walkin' what you talk
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I see you eating out, I don't mean to be rude
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But you're so busy readin' menus, you forgot to order food
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You're livin' in the image of a long-forgotten dream
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You're actin' out the action of a bad movie scene
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Your campaign slogan says you want to make a change
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You want to help the hungry and the mentally deranged
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Stop being arrogant, get down off your shelf
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'Cause you can't help no one if you can't help yourself.
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Shut your mouth and open your mind (Steppin' on your own shoes, steppin' on your own shoes)
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Shut your mouth and open your mind
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Shut your mouth and open your mind (Steppin' on your own shoes, steppin' on your own shoes)
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Shut your mouth and open your mind
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I'm tellin' you yeah, whoa
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I'm tellin' you yeah, whoa
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I'm tellin' you yeah, whoa
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I'm tellin' you yeah, whoa
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You pretend that you listen, you don't hear what we say
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You're so far from the truth you can't see the light of day
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You messed up your mind, 'cause you took the easy road
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And actin' understanding only made you grow old
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I wish I'd like to tell you the things I wanna say
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But first you gotta chip out the lies in your way
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There's too many like you, and no matter what you say
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Whoever wrote the lines forgot to throw them away.
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I'd really like to tell you what you don't wanna hear, man
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Everything you're living for is grounded in fear.
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As long as you keep talkin' up the side of your neck
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You'll never understand why your life is a wreck.
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Just listen to the song, that's as close as you'll get
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You'll get, to any sense of hope to get your soul out of debt.
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It effectively elaborates the pattern that you weave,
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We all see the ace that you keep up your sleeve.
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Shut your mouth and open your mind (Easy does it boys, he just lost his mind)
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Shut your mouth and open your mind (Check it out boys, he's just hard to find)
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Shut your mouth and open your mind (Take it easy boys, he don't know what he's sayin')
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Shut your mouth and open your mind (Easy does it boys, get down.)
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[scatting]
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I'm tellin' you yeah, whoa (Steppin' on your own shoes, steppin' on your own shoes)
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I'm tellin' you yeah, whoa
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I'm tellin' you yeah, whoa (Steppin' on your own shoes, steppin' on your own shoes)
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I'm tellin' you yeah, whoa
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I'm tellin' you yeah, whoa (Shut your mouth and open your mind, easy does it boys, he just lost his mind)
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I'm tellin' you yeah, whoa (Check it, check it, check it out boys)
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I see you at the podium, how gracefully you sway
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You're talkin' real clear, but are you hearin' what you say?
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Your lips keep movin', talkin' as you walk
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But everybody knows you're not walkin' what you talk
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I'm tellin' you yeah, whoa (Shut your mouth and open your mind, steppin' on your own shoes, steppin' on your own shoes)
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I'm tellin' you yeah, whoa (Shut your mouth and open your mind) [scatting]
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I'm tellin' you yeah, whoa (Shut your mouth and open your mind, steppin' on your own shoes, steppin' on your own shoes)
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I'm tellin' you yeah, whoa (Shut your mouth and open your mind)
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Shut Your Mouth And Open Your Mind
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Scatman John |