Lyrics and Music Michael Henry Lynch and Kevin Gerard May
The road is long, you’re gonna get thrown about,
Stick to the rhythm:
Breathe it in and breathe it out.
Do what you do, there isn’t any secret,
Chop wood, draw water, roll cigarettes.
Find a lover, put a flower in her hair,
Climb a mountain,
See the mountain disappear.
Be the first to go back to the ghost town,
Break bread with the man,
That’s gonna bring you down,
Deep, deep down.
Chorus:
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la,
I listen and I hear what’s said.
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la,
I follow it from a to zed.
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la,
But wisdom hasn’t found me yet.
You’re feeling scared, Jesus is your bodyguard.
You feel alone,
Take a look in your backyard.
Put your eye to the eye of a telescope -
The universe looks back through a microscope.
Adopt a highway, dress yourself in camel hair,
A wasted life
Is a life lived unaware.
Make a money, put it on a number eight,
Tempt fate, maybe
You’re a wheel going round,
Round and round.
Chorus:
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la,
I listen and I hear what’s said.
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la,
I follow it from a to zed.
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la,
But wisdom hasn’t found me yet.
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la,
I listen and I hear what’s said.
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la,
I follow it from a to zed.
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la,
But wisdom hasn’t found me yet.