| A | E | F#m | C# | |
| It doesn't | matter what I | say |
| D | A | D | E | |
| So long as | I sing with in | flec | tion |
| A | E | F#m | C# | |
| That makes you | feel that I'll con | vey |
| D | A | D | E | |
| Some inner | truth of vast re | flec | tion |
| A | E | F#m | C# | |
| But I've said | nothing so | far |
| D | A | D | E | |
| And I can keep | it up as | long as it | takes |
| A | E | F#m | C# | |
| And it don't | matter who you | are |
| D | A | D | E | |
| If I'm d | oing my job then | it's your resolve that | breaks |
| A | E | F#m | C# | |
| Because the | hook | brings you | back |
| D | A | D | E | |
| I ain't | tellin' you no | lie |
| A | E | F#m | C# | |
| The | hook | brings you | back |
| D | A | D | E | |
| On | that you can | rely |
| There is something amiss |
| I am being insincere |
| In fact I don't mean any of this |
| Still my confession draws you near |
| To confess the issue I refer |
| To familiar heroes from long ago |
| No matter how much Peter loved her |
| What made the Pan refuse to grow |
| Was that the hook brings you back |
| I ain't tellin' you no lie |
| The hook brings you back |
| On that you can rely |
| --Popper's Harmonica Solo-- |
| Suck it in suck it in suck it in |
| If you're Rin Tin Tin or Anne Boleyn |
| Make a desperate move or else you'll win |
| And then begin |
| To see |
| What you're doing to me this MTV is not for free |
| It's so PC it's killing me |
| So desperately I'll sing to thee |
| Of love |
| Sure but also rage and hate and pain and fear of self |
| And I can't keep these feelings on the shelf |
| I've tried well no in fact I've lied |
| Could be financial suicide but I've got too much pride inside |
| To hide or slide |
| I'll do as I decide and let it ride until I've died |
| And only then shall I abide this tide |
| Oc catchy little tunes |
| Of hip three minute ditties |
| I wanna bust all your balloons |
| I wanna burn all of youre cities |
| To the ground I've found |
| I will not mess around |
| Unless I play then hey |
| I will go on all day hear what I say |
| I have a prayer to pray |
| That's really all this was |
| And when I'm feeling stuck and need a buck |
| I don't rely on luck because... |
| The hook brings you back |
| I ain't tellin' you no lie |
| The hook brings you back |
| On that you can rely |
---by Volker Neumann--- ---vneumann@vt.edu---(as of fall '95)
| ---Play on... |