Billy's standing out by a west texas highway With his thumb in the morning air He's spent 18 summers in the dust of odessa Never getting nowhere But he got him a misspelled cardboard Of albuquerque standin' in the breakdown lane He ain't lookin' for a ride so much as he's looking for a
Change, a little something different for cryin' out loud Yeah a change Even for the worse, it would be better somehow Sometimes you just cross that line Where everything is more of the same When it's do or die, step aside, turn the tide Somethin's gotta change
Betty's walkin' out of a tattoo parlor She's got curlers in her hair She still can't believe she had a little red rose Put right on her derriere And she's still gotta pick up that red lace teddy And a bottle of pink Well her husband doesn't know it But tonight he's in for a
Change, a little something different for cryin' out loud Yeah a change Even for the worse, it would be better somehow Sometimes you just cross that line Where everything is more of the same When it's do or die, step aside, turn the tide Somethin's gotta change
Now who of us hasn't been heading home on friday Sitting at some traffic light Wondering what would happen if we hung a left Instead of takin' that faithful old right It's the human condition A part of us wishes that life wouldn't get so tame And we all know better than to think that's ever gonna
Change, a little something different for cryin' out loud Yeah a change Even for the worse, it would be better somehow Looking for a change Change Yeah a change Looking for a change, yeah
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