Michael Nesmith

Lyrics to Capsule







Set the groove, set the mood

Check out what's on the tube

Close the day, time to play

Put the sounds on the stereo

Drift away

Drift away

Drift away

Drift away

Drift away



Hello people a hundred years from now

It may not make much difference but I'll say it anyhow

Let me tell you of the planet and what we're doing now

It really is bizarre enough to make me take it slow



There are cartoon creations made of people and of lines

And they dance around the TV and they dance around our minds

There are a bunch of difference holy men pointing different ways

Don't think, do think, watch out what you say

And we all tried, yes, we tried



We all kept pluggin' like a salmon up a stream

Some of us were dancing

But some of us were screaming

But we tried

Oh, how we tried



Bunch of different funny people living by the sea

And trying to get to other planets

Trying to start another scene

Their leaders said, "Come pay us, we'll show you what we mean"

But I learned not to trust them

They were not what they seemed (Hot!)



We all kept pluggin' like a salmon up a stream

Some of us were dancin'

And some of us were screamin'

While we tried

Oh, we tried



Marie, she looked like Linda with fifty extra teeth

Linda made the cover of a family magazine

And Bonnie was the singer that made both of them dream

But they all lost to disco, the current mating theme



I've never seen a hero but I've got five million dreams

I've never been to Harlem but I've been somewhere in between

As long as I can keep moving, I guess I'll keep up with the scene

I'm dancing to the rhythm of the road

Yes, I'm dancing to the rhythm of the road



Set the groove, set the mood

Checkin' out what's on the tube

Close the day, it's time to play

I'll put the sounds on the stereo

Drift away

Drift away