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

Lyrics

[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