Monday, February 18, 2019

Surrender by Cheap Trick

Mother told me, yes, she told me I'd meet girls like you
She also told me, Stay away, you'll never know what you'll catch
Just the other day I heard a soldier falling off
Some Indonesian junk that's going round
Mommy's alright, daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird
Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away, ay, ay, ay
Father says, "Your mother's right, she's really up on things
Before we married, mommy served in the WACS in the Philippines"
Now, I had heard the WACS recruited old maids for the war
But mommy isn't one of those, I've known her all these years
Mommy's alright, daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird
Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away, ay, ay, ay
Whatever happened to all this season's losers of the year?
Every time I got to thinking, where'd they disappear?
When I woke up, mom and dad are rolling on the couch
Rolling numbers, rock and rolling, got my Kiss records out
Mommy's alright, daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird
Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away, ay, ay, ay
Away, away
Mommy's alright, daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird
Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away, ay, ay, ay
Mommy's alright, daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird
Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away, ay, ay, ay
Mommy's alright, daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird
Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away, ay, ay, ay
Mommy's alright, daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird
Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away, ay, ay, ay
Mommy's alright, daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird
Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away, ay, ay, ay
Mommy's alright, daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird
Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away, ay, ay, ay
Mommy's alright, daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird
Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away, ay, ay, ay


3 comments:

Aaron said...

Wow. I finally understand how my dad perceived rock music. He used to hear the music we were playing and say things like “it just sounds like loud noise” or that sounds like the garbage disposal”. I used to think he was a total idiot. But when I listened to this song I thought. Wow this just sounds like noise. I don’t even recognize it as music. I suppose I have turned into a lame person. I wish it were not happening. But it is.

Pirate Aggro said...

You have been saying the same thing since songtime started in 2003 so you've been this way a loooooong time.

Dan Tschirhart said...

Well I can think a few bands that just sound like noise, but not Cheap Trick

They had some good songs and they had a few pages in the history of rock

My sister really liked these guys and had a few of their albums

So I listened to some of their stuff growing up

I always enjoyed 'If You Want My Love', 'I Want You To Want Me' & 'She's Tight'

I remember the album cover for The Dream Police distinctly

It takes me back to making mix tapes off of the record player