Keep It Simple

They mocked me when I was singing the songs
Trying to get back to something more simple than we have
They mocked me 'cos I told it like it was.

Wrote about disappointment and greed
Wrote about what we really didn't need in our lives
Make us feel alive and whole.

Illusions and pipe dreams on the one hand
And straight reality is always cold
Saying something hard edged is off the wall
And it might seem too bold.

Mocked me when it got out of hand
Nobody tried to understand
Now we got to keep it simple and that's that.

Illusions and pipe dreams on the one hand
And straight reality is always cold
Saying something hard edged is off the wall
And it just might be too bold.

Well I'm down here on the running board
Where I've been many times before
But we got to keep it simple to save ourselves.

Mocked me when I tried to get back
Said the train was completely off the track
And we got to get back to something simple to save ourselves.

Whoa we got to get back to something simple just to save yourselves
Well got to get back to something simple just to save yourselves
Well you got to keep it simple, keep it simple just to - and that's that.

Whoa you got to keep it simple nowadays and that's just that
Whoa you got to keep it simple nowadays and that's just the way it is
And you got to keep it simple these days 'cos that's the way it is
Well you got to keep it, keep it simple and that's that.