Get up and not down You gotta speak what's on your mind, it's tough Be gentle it's not hard You gotta show them that you know what's up I tried to speak up for you But I whispered 'cause I didn't think it was true And I hope you can change my mind someday Like we change the channels But keeping our hair the same Now I'm, I'm defeated Cause I don't agree with what we needed Now I'm split up, I'm so split up Can you see that we need someone to love Get up and not down You gotta speak what's on your mind, it's tough Oh be gentle, it's not hard You gotta show them that you know what's up And be good, it's about the only time you should Be good, it's about the time you should What the fuck am I supposed to do Cause I listened but you didn't give me a clue And I hope we can be aligned some day Like we change our flannels but keeping our hair the same Now I'm, I'm defeated Cause I don't agree with what we needed Now I'm split up, I'm so split up Can you see that we need someone to love Get up and not down You gotta speak what's on your mind, it's tough Oh be gentle, it's not hard You gotta show them that you know what's up And be good, it's about the only time you should Be good, it's about the only time you should Get up and not down You gotta speak what's on your mind, it's tough Oh be gentle, it's not hard You gotta show them that you know what's up Be good, it's about the only time you should Be good, it's about the only time you should