Them Run Your Lives

Written by John Mellencamp Hello girls and boys As you sit in your carpeted bedrooms With your stereos on and on Playin' with those hundred dollar toys Built to occupy your minds So you don't notice your future's are gone And as you race on through the streets tonight Lookin' for some lonely lover to hold you tight You think that the world is alright Well you're out of touch, you're out of time You're gonna crack, your fragile regulated minds As you're headin' on to no kind of conclusion *Go on, let 'em run your lives Watch 'em as they cut your throat With they're parental carving knife Go on, let 'em run your lives Are you too young to see Or just to old to fight They've taken the energy away from you They haven't taught you enough to deal With the ordeal you must be goin' through Yeah but look at this now They've left you the schools They've left you the government But they're all fallin' down