Michael Nesmith

Lyrics to Factions







She grew out of her pants

She's a little too advanced

She's the daughter of rock and roll

She's a lot more aware

Of the things that weren't there

Before the light of the music made them show

She performs and she struts and she really knows her stuff

She really knows her rock and roll

She performed and she strutted and she showed all that she studied

She really showed her rock and roll



He made this feeble attempt to express his contempt

He said, "The music's just too loud to hear!"

She said, "Go on take a walk

You're just too dumb to talk

Where you been hidin' for the last fifteen years?"

So he rebels and he sweats and he watches while she heads

To the jungles of rock and roll

Yes, he rebelled and he sweated, he was sure that she was headed

To the jungles of the rock and roll



What are you gonna do

With all the new

Information rock and roll has taught you?

Yeah, but how are we gonna be

What will we ever see

Without the information that rock and roll points to?



She likes the flash and the dazzle

But he thinks it's just a hassle

So the chasm grows a little every year

She keeps goin' out to boogie

While he stays at home and studies

And neither one is smart enough to share



And it seems kind of bad

That they both feel misled

Just because of rock and roll

When all they got to do

Is give each other room

Just like it says in rock and roll



Well, what are you gonna do

With all this new

Information rock and roll has taught you?

But how are we gonna be

What will we ever see

Without the information that rock and roll points to?



Said, "Go on home"