Changes (Live at the Elysée Montmartre, Paris on 14th October, 1999)

[Intro]
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Oh yeah

[Verse 1]
Still don't know what I was waiting for
Time was running wild, million dead-end streets and
Every time I thought I'd got it made
It seemed peace was not so sweet
So I turned myself to face me
But I've never caught a glimpse
How the others must see this faker
I'm much too fast to take that test

[Chorus]
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
(Turn and face the strange)
Ch-ch-changes, didn't want to have to be a richer man
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
(Turn and face the strange)
Oh changes, just wanted to be a better man
Time may change me
But I can't trace time

[Interlude]
Oh yeah
Oh yeah

[Verse 2]
I watch the ripples change their size
But never leave the stream of warm impermanence and
So the days float through my eyes
Still the days seem the same, just the same
And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
They're immune to your consultation
They're quite aware of what they're going through

[Chorus]
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
(Turn and face the strange)
Ch-ch-changes, don't tell them to grow up and out of it
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
(Turn and face the strange)
Ch-ch-changes, looks like you left us up to our necks in it
Time may change me
But you can't trace time

[Bridge]
Strange fascination, fascinating me
Ah, changes are taking the pace I'm going through

[Chorus]
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
(Turn and face the strange)
Oh Changes, look out you rock 'n rollers
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
(Turn and face the strange)
Ch-ch-changes, pretty soon now you're gonna get older
Time may change me
I can't trace time
I said that time may change me
But I can't trace time

[Outro]
Thank you very much
Oh Paris, I love Paris in the springtime, I do, I love Paris in the Fall... I got engaged to my wife here, you know, along the Seine... ah, that won't interest you. Look I'm only supposed to do 45 minutes, thank you for coming. Well, we're only going to do another 20 minutes, I've got to be very strict about this or we'll have to stay after school. Please indulge me, we're going to do, a new song, a couple of old songs, a couple of more obscure songs... is that OK?