Changes (Live Friars, Aylesbury, 25th September, 1971)

[Intro]
And the first thing we're gonna do in song, is one in which I don't know the guitar chords, so I'll stand here like a twit. Not used to singing without one. Uh, uh, called "Changes" uh. It's another one from the album

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

[Chorus]
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (Turn)
Ch-ch-changes, don't want to be a richer man
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (Turn and face the strange)
Ch-ch-changes, I'd just like to be a better man
Time may change me
But I can't trace time
Ooh, 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
But still the days seem the same
And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
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)
Ch-ch-changes, where's your shame?
You've left us up to our necks in it
Time may change me
But I 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)
Ch-ch-changes, oh, look out you rock 'n rollers
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Ch-ch-changes, one day you're gonna be a little older
And time may change me
But I can't trace time

[Outro]
I said that time may change me
But I can't trace time