JUST CAN’T COMPROMISE

You’re over there and I’m over here but what separates us is not distance, my dear

OK we’re breathing the same atmosphere but that’s about all

You seem to want me to be somebody else, to place my high ideals so high up on the shelf

But what’s the sense of changing to a stranger to myself? Fuck all

And I just can’t compromise. I just can’t compromise.

I just can’t compromise. I just can’t compromise

What started out with a big roll of thunder has rapidly blundered into painting by numbers

I fear we’re all disappearing under these covers, it’s the money

You ‘n’ me we dance to a different drummer, you ‘n’ me we don’t see eye-to-eye

You ‘n’ me we used to be in harmony – harmony – harmony

Now, I just can’t compromise. I just can’t compromise

I just can’t compromise. I just can’t compromise

We got AC, DC, IT, ET — everything we need but we ain’t happy

Technology don’t seem to be providing the key to set us free

We spend a billion dollars building bigger bombs, but you can’t wrap a baby in your military arms

Looking to space for the final frontier, when everybody knows the problem’s right here

People are hungry, people are angry, people won’t take it no more no more

No, take a look around — better move to higher ground

Take a look around — better move to higher ground

Strange sex, effects, video and teletext — the whole damn thing getting too complex

You don’t need a degree just to watch TV — step out on the street and you can feel the heat

All the doctor says is, “Here, take one of these” — they’re treating the symptoms instead of the disease

Man material, man unspiritual, too many people just plain evil

Take a look around — better move to higher ground

Take a look around — better move to higher ground