Everybody's preaching
how to bring this world together
Everybody's pushing love
to make it last forever
Everybody's got the way
to make things right
But in their mind you'll find they're blind
to any kind of sign that they're uptight
You've got to learn to spit
before you swallow
You've got to learn to give
before you borrow
And before you can leave
you've got to follow
So before I die as someone else
I'm gonna take good care of myself
I can't help but feel I'm
under investigation
By the local branch of the women's
and the gay boys' liberation
Living makes you crazy
if your head is not on straight
Don't no one say to stay in previews
the way I may delay my day of fate
No, you've got to learn to spit
before you swallow
You've got to learn to give
before you borrow
And before you can leave,
you've got to follow
So before I die as someone else
I'm gonna take good care of myself
Da -da -da -da -da -da -da -da
Da -da -da -da -da -da -da -da
Da -da -da, da -da -da,
da -da -da -da -da -da -da
If I seem to be just a
bundle of confusion
Well I could use a transplant
or at least a mind transfusion
Nothing makes much sense,
the words keep hanging in my ear
I started out to shop
when I'm about
But now I doubt I'm even here
You've got to learn to spit
before you swallow
You've got to learn to give
before you borrow
And before you can lead,
you've got to follow
So before I die or someone else,
I'm gonna take good care of myself
Take good care of my self
Take good care of myself
La -da -da -da -da -da -da -da
La -da -da -da -da -da -da
La da da da, la da da da,