TR-I "Temporary Sanity"

HTMLized by GBonline

Temporary
Sanity

Bass:
Dum dum DUM dum
Dum de DUM dum (repeat)
Drums enter (on first repeat)
Kettle/vibe follow: enters (on repeat)
Keyboard:
Dah Dah Dah
Dah Dah Dah Dah
Duh
Vocals:

           I had such great expectations
             of the world's benevolence
              Of benevolence
           & I prefer hallucinations
            'cause they tend to make more sense
           Than experience

           'Cause it was just another sneak attack of temporary sanity
           It was a pleasant stay, but now I'm back from temporary sanity
           My temporary sanity


           I am began to grow dependent
             on a thing called common sense
           It was common sense

           But my world grew so resplendent
             that the strain was too intense
           Without self-defense

           'Cause it was just another sneak attack of temporary sanity
           It was a pleasant stay, but now I'm back  from temporary sanity
           My temporary sanity



         The pool spreads 'cross the pavement  where the sniper made him lie
           And he looks just like my youngest, and I'm watching him die
            I must remind myself I've seen this, it's all ancient history
             One long trail of twisted bodies  as the strong crush the weak

             We must be crazy,    we are    crazy, this is our natural state
            As our children die    around    us, we just sit here and wait
           For a little temporary   sanity
         Some temporary  sanity

Guitar
grrrrrrr dah dah dah
dah dah dah dah (etc)

There's a chance that we would still get the picture
If reality just came up and bit ch'ya
But the news team would never report it
Because there's too much evidence to support it
If we was stupider the problem would vanish
But our brains are much more than we can manage
We say we want something so bad we can taste it
But once we get it, then we turn 'round and waste it
We got a twisted fixation with the marketplace
And every suffering soul is just another face
We think we're bein' manipulated from outer space
It's the collective guilty conscience of the human race
We get joyful when we look upon a lesser man
A specimen we can be sure that we are better than
There is no shortage of supply of pride and vanity
There is no other explanation but INSANITY

You're listening to Prozac while the message goes unheard It's the final word

WE MUST BE CRAZY We must be crazy, we must be crazy There's no explanation so we must be crazy WE MUST BE CRAZY We must be crazy, we must be crazy There's no explanation so we must be WE MUST BE CRAZY We must be crazy, we must be crazy There's no explanation so we must be crazy WE MUST BE CRAZY We must be crazy, we must be crazy There's no explanation so we must be WE MUST BE CRA ZY We must be crazy, we must be crazy (there is no explanation so we) There's no explanation so we must be crazy (must be crazy) We must be crazy, we must be crazy (we must be crazy) There's no explanation so we must be crazy (the only explanation is CRAZY) We must be crazy, we must be crazy There's no explanation so we must be (gonna need an explanation somewhere) We must be crazy, we must be crazy There's no explanation so we must be crazy

From the Todd Rundgren TR-i album The Individualist.

Todd on Tour


August 1996
		21:	Hampton Beach NH		Hampton Beach Casino
		22:	Portland  ME			State Theater
		23: 	Off
		24:	Poughkeepsie  NY		The Chance
		25:	New Haven  CT			Toads Place
		26:	Off
		27:	New York   NY			Irving Plaza
		28:	Washington  DC			The Bayou
		29:	Off
		30/31:	Atlantic City  NJ		The Sands

September 1996
		1:	Cleveland OH  (two sets)	Taste of Cleveland Festival
                       (editor's note - my birthday!)

October 1996  (Japan -- solo tour)
		20:	Fukuoka				Drum Bomber
		21:	Osaka				Club Quattro
		22:	Nagoya				Club Quattro
		23:	Off 
		24:	Tokyo				Garden Hall 
		25:	Sapporo				Penny Lane
		26:	Off
		27:	Yachiyo City - Chiba		Yachiyo University Festival

Back to GB Online Personal Information