In The Mean Time

In The Mean Time
Phil Gates


People shouldn’t choose
Because the don’t have a choice
People should choose
To show they’ve got a voice

People shouldn’t take
Just cause it’s been given
You’ve got to be awake
For a life worth livin.

I’m not one for
The “Same Ol’ Same Ol”
I’m not one for the status quo
I’m about breakin out and
I’m about standin’ up and shoutin’
You ain’t gonna tie me down no more!

We’ve been told
What to listen to
We’ve been told
Not to open our minds
Well just suppose
We open our minds
Loose the blinders and let it gro!

I’m not one for
The “Same Ol’ Same Ol”
I’m not one for the status quo
I’m about breakin out and
I’m about standin’ up and shoutin’
You can’t decide for me no more!


Chorus:

And in the mean time
I’m gonna write what’s on my mind
You can call it what you want to
Blues, Jazz, Rock, Pop, Something New

And after-all
From the clubs to the concert hall
I’m gonna play them for you


People should live
An do how they wanna to do
People shouldn’t live
To just barely get through

Live out your life
How you want to live it
But you only get back
Whatever you give it


Chorus



I’m not one for
The “Same Ol’ Same Ol”
I’m not one for the status quo
I’m about breakin out and
I’m about standin’ up and shoutin’
I’m gonna choose my life for sho!