I've got ideas that I want to see through and I've yet to drop them though others throw them out Evil bodies and hungry faces roam these streets With virtues for taking but Why pay for therapy when you've got at least Eight hours and a car to drive Cuz there's a level of distrust that you need to Have common sense I wish I didn't need common sense I wish I didn't need common sense I've got two ears and friends to lean on and I think that's the most beautiful thing J. Edgar Hoover had more ears than I do And probably had more common sense, too All the ideas shot down by his pistol now Shouted by a whole new generation Cuz there's a different kind of common sense Tucked away in our heads and our songs One day we'll get to bring them out One day we'll get to bring them out