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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Stone Roses
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
John Squire
Composer
Ian Brown
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
John Leckie
Producer
Ian Brown
Mastering Engineer
Paul Schröder
Engineer
John Davis
Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Here comes the wise man
And there goes the fool
You see that burnt out world that he's living in
I don't need to look for the rules
[Verse 2]
Here comes the donkey
Chained to a ten-ton plough
He'll never make that hill in a million years
Whip crack beating down
[Verse 3]
He loves his brother
He'll sell him for a fistful of gold
But he needs a slave for his vision of the promised land
No, I don't believe a word
[Verse 4]
Take me any way the wind blows
You'll never know just what you want to do
Or where you wanna go, I think it's time
That you found what the world is waiting for
I think it's time to get real
[Verse 5]
Here comes the wise man
And there goes the fool
You see that burnt out world that he's living in
I don't need to look for the rules
[Verse 6]
He loves his brother
He'll sell him for a fistful of gold
He needs a slave for his vision of the promised land
No, I don't believe a word
[Verse 7]
Take me any way the wind blows
You'll never know just what you want to do
Or where you wanna go, I think it's time
That you found what the world is waiting for
I think it's time to get real
[Verse 8]
Anytime you want it, then it's there
All you gotta do is stop it
On the corner and ask
Say, hey, you don't live today
Stop the world, stop the world
I'm getting off
I'm getting off
Can't get enough
I'm getting off
Written by: Ian Brown, John Squire