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