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Who do you Think You Are? Lyrics
Where are all my old friends?
It's been a long time gone.
We've been drifting apart for so many years.
I hope they're still marching on.
Some of em' probably happy with families working hard to get ahead.
Some of them are lost, some are wondering, some of them are already dead.
Who do you think you are?
It's the life you made.
Don't be afraid of the hands you play.
There's an old man sleeping in the parking lot
I wonder what he dreams about
Businessmen in suits taking millions over coffee trying to buy each other out
There's an officer, a senator, a digger and a sewer
A beggar and thief.
They all sit at different table but they all drink the same poison as me
Who do you think you are?
It's the life that you made.
Don't be afraid of the hands you play.
Who do you think you are?
It's the life that you made.
Well don't be afraid of the hands you play
The power went out, and the stars came out
and I went out for a walk in the dark
There were fireflies flittin'
and I heard the poet spittin' rhymes out in the park
And I felt myself drift up off the ground and I rose above the trees
And I saw my life in photographs of fading memories
Who do you think you are?
It's the life that you made.
Don't be afraid of the hands you play.
It's the life that you made.
Don't be afraid of the hands you play.
It's been a long time gone.
We've been drifting apart for so many years.
I hope they're still marching on.
Some of em' probably happy with families working hard to get ahead.
Some of them are lost, some are wondering, some of them are already dead.
It's the life you made.
Don't be afraid of the hands you play.
I wonder what he dreams about
Businessmen in suits taking millions over coffee trying to buy each other out
There's an officer, a senator, a digger and a sewer
A beggar and thief.
They all sit at different table but they all drink the same poison as me
It's the life that you made.
Don't be afraid of the hands you play.
Who do you think you are?
It's the life that you made.
Well don't be afraid of the hands you play
and I went out for a walk in the dark
There were fireflies flittin'
and I heard the poet spittin' rhymes out in the park
And I felt myself drift up off the ground and I rose above the trees
And I saw my life in photographs of fading memories
It's the life that you made.
Don't be afraid of the hands you play.
It's the life that you made.
Don't be afraid of the hands you play.
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Submitted by
zach_12 On Mar 05, 2010
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I need some help..
I was the one who submitted these lyrics and know that there is a problem.
In the second verse, second line "Businessmen in suits taking millions over coffee trying to buy each other out"
I know he doesn't say coffee.
Other lyrics on other websites give this line:
"Businessmen in suits taking meetings over coffee trying to buy each other out"
I'm pretty sure its "millions" not "meeetings" - just makes more sense right? But I still am stumped on what he says after. Anyone got an idea??
Cheers.
Sorry, second verse, third line.. But I'm sure you figured that out.
it's "meetings". nothing else makes sense.
and he says "coffee". what is the alternative, "carpet"?
one thing that bothers me about the song is the word "sewer". because it reads wrong, but i suspect it's his way of saying "tailor".
point being it's a very literal song.
and the meaning is the same, equality. it doesn't matter who you are or what you do, we are all the same.