A Soapbox Opera - Supertramp

作词：Roger Hodgson/Rick Davies

作曲：Roger Hodgson/Rick Davies

I hear only what I want to hear

But I have to believe in something

Have to believe in just one thing

I said father Washington

You're all mixed up

Collecting sinners in an old tin cup

Well spare a listen for a restless fool

There's something missing

When I need your rule

Well hey there

You tell me you're a holy man

But although I am just a beginner

I don't see you as a winner

I said sister Washington

You're all washed up

Collecting teardrops in a paper cup

If I could tell you

What you need to know

If I could tell you to

Get on with the show

I'd rather never leave her

There's a storm in my head

Makes me hear what you say

Just was it true

So what have I to do

Well what has he to do

Ooh what is there to-oo do

What oh-oh-ohoh

Mary oh tell me what I'm living for

Cause I feel like I'm tossed in the river

Oh' have you a son to deliver

I said father Washington

You're all mixed up

Collecting sinners in an old tin cup

You tell the children

What you need to know

But will they listen

When it's time to go

Oh sister Robinson

You're all washed up

Collecting teardrops

In a paper cup

Can someone tell me

What I need to know

Can someone help me

To get on with the show