<> page <Society's Child (The Verve Recordings - CD 1: Society's Child, '1966 / For All The Seasons Of Your Mind, '1967)> album page |
I'll Give You A Stone If You'll Throw It (Changing Times)When all of your friends say you must make amendsBefore they'll let you dance And they threaten to ignore you And your best friend, your father Looks at you, wondering Who the hell asked for you All the plays you used to say Just bore you All the presents they bring, the praise they sing Only makes a whore of you Go on, let the hurting creep on through Don't let it bother you Don't let it blow your mind It's only a sign of the changing times And when all of the guys who said they'd stand by you Lie for you. Die for you Maybe even shut their eyes and cry for you And now you see that the tears they bring Were just bribes for you For they'll bring you up, and they'll string you up Crying "Baby Blue" Let the hurting creep on through Don't let it bother you Don't let it blow your mind It's only a sign of the changing times They want you to stay the same way you were When they first saw you They'll ask for love. You go above, and they'll do you up Complaining that they're bored with you It's only a time for a change in your mind Leave behind what you do And when all the hippy things you used to do only bother you Only serve to amuse your laughing eyes Try and explain that it's only the pain Of a change in your mind When all those who warned - don't you finalize They categorize, cut you down to size They say - hey, you're hung up You know they're just strung up In a web of their kind And you let it get you up tight Don't let it bother you Don't let it blow your mind It's only a sign of the changing times |