Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Mind

Scatman John

I've been watching your performance since 
I was just a boy 
You're so diplomatic and you're actin so coy 
I see you on the TV at nite when I'm in bed 
Can a 
Blindman understand the color red? 

I see you at the podium how gracefuly you sway 
You're talking real clear 
but are you hearing what you say? 
Your lips keep movin talking as you walk 
But 
Everybody knows you're not walkin what you talk 
I see you eating out I don'te mean to be rude 
but you're so 
Busy reading menu's you forgot to order food... 
you're so 
Living in the image of a long forgotten dream 
You're 
Acting out the action of a bad movie scene 

Your champaign slogan says you want to make a change 
You 
wanna help the hungry and the mentally deranged 
Stop being arrogant come down off you shell 
'cause you 
Can't help no-one if you can't help yourself 

Shut your mouth and open your mind 
Steppin on your own shoe 
Steppin on your own shoe 
Shut your mouth and open your mind 

Shut your mouth and open your mind 
Steppin on your own shoe 
Steppin on your own shoe 
Shut your mouth and open your mind 
I'm tellin you 

Yeah...woah 
I'm tellin you 
Yeah...woah 
I'm tellin you 
Yeah...woah 
I'm tellin you 
Yeah...woah 

You pretend that you listen 
you don't hear what we say 
You're so far from the truth 
you an't see the light of day 
You messed up your mind cuz you took the easy road 
and acting understanding only made you grow old 

I wish that I could tell you 
the things I want to say but 
first yu gotta chip out the lies in your way 
There's too many like you 
and no matter what you say 
Whoever wrote the lines forgot to throw them away 

I'd really like to tell what you don't wanna hear 
man, everything you're living for 
is grounded in fear 
As long as you keep talking out the 
of your neck you'll 
never understand why your life is a wreck 

Just listen to this song 
it's as close as you get to get to 
Any sense of hope you get your soul outta dept 
It effectively elaborates 
the pattern that you weave 
We all see the ace taht you keep up your sleeve 

Shut your mouth and open your mind 
Easy does it boys 
he's just lost and he's blind 
Shut your mouth and open your mind 
Check it out boys he's just hard to find 
shut your mouth and open your mind 
Take it easy boys he don't know what he's sayin 
Shut you muth and open your mind 
Easy does it boys get down 

Scatting 

.....Yeeeeaaaaaaahhh..... 

I'm tellin you 
Yeah...woah (Steppin n your own shoes) 
I'm tellin you 
Yeah...woah (Steppin on your own shoes) 
I'm tellin you 
Yeah...woah 
I'm tellin you 
Yeah...woah 

Shut your mouth and open your mind 
Shut your mouth and open your mind 
(Ceck it out check it out check it out boys) 
I see you at the podium how gracefully you sway 
You're 
talkin real clear but are you hearin what you say? 
Your lips keep movin talkin as you walk 
But everybody knows 
you're not walkin what you talk 

I'm tellin you 
Yeah...woah 
I'm tellin you 
Yeah...woah 
I'm tellin you 
Yeah...woah 
I'm tellin you 
Yeah...woah 
Yeah yeah yeah yeah