I don't want an imitation
I'm just looking for the real thing
Substitutions lead to institutions
Give me truth and let my heart sing
I'm not looking for a Hollywood
Where you don't know the bad from the good

(Chorus)
Told you once told you twice
You'd better walk the line
Up or down all around
Not a nursery rhyme
I can't make you see
The writing on the wall

Everybody's got a story
some are more expensinve than they claim
Survival is a mean machine
You fight and fight and what does it gain
Well you may not understand this song
but there's a difference between right and wrong

(Chorus)