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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Commodores
The Commodores
Performer
Lionel Richie
Lionel Richie
Vocals
Thomas McClary
Thomas McClary
Vocals
Walter Orange
Walter Orange
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Gloria Jones
Gloria Jones
Composer
Pam Sawyer
Pam Sawyer
Composer
The Commodores
The Commodores
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Gloria Jones
Gloria Jones
Producer
Pamela Sawyer
Pamela Sawyer
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
From the moment you thought
You're on the bad line, assembly line
Keeps on messing with your mind
From the moment your boss
They just came up with
The way you think
Got you down, admitting it
[Verse 2]
They tell you, you can do your very own thing
Ooh, but try people, see the herded green, yeah
Soon, little boys learn to be ashamed of tears they cry
If a girl wants a football, someone must go in and ask her, why
[Verse 3]
From the moment you thought
You're on the bad line, assembly line
Keeps on messing with your mind
From the moment you thought
You're on the bad line, assembly line
Keeps on messing with your mind
[Verse 4]
Look at your kindly lawyer whom you turn to when in need
Steals with the other lawyer, making underhand deals
The judge gives his judgement with his holy book
Doesn't always go by fast but really how you look
[Verse 5]
From the moment you thought
You're on the bad line, assembly line
Keeps on messing with your mind
From the moment you thought
You're on the bad line, assembly line
Keeps on messing with your mind
[Verse 6]
Love should be beautiful too
If you know tomorrow, if we don't change the world
Life, we gather, try to change
To save our future children, the one's we haven't made
[Verse 7]
From the moment they're born
You know, from the moment they're born
They're on the la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la
Line
[Verse 8]
From the moment you thought
You're on the bad line, assembly line
Keeps on messing with your mind
From the moment you thought
You're on the bad line, assembly line
Keeps on messing with your mind
[Verse 9]
From the moment you thought
You're on the bad line, assembly line
Keeps on messing with your mind
From the moment you thought
You're on the bad line, destructive line
Keeps on messing with your mind
[Verse 10]
From the moment you thought
You're on the bad line, assembly line
Keeps on messing with your mind
From the moment you thought
You're on the bad line, assembly line
Keeps on messing with your mind
[Verse 11]
From the moment you thought
You're on the bad line, assembly line
Keeps on messing with your mind
From the moment you thought
You're on the bad line, assembly line
Keeps on messing with your mind...
Written by: Gloria Jones, Pamela Sawyer

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