The Popular Thing

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Oh, here's to new mornings, to new evenings Pack your bags, babe, and we are leaving Don't you say no, 'cause I know that you want to go Oh, believe me Out west, babe, out west with the rest We'll go fast, and we'll go faster yet Don't you worry, I've been there before [Bridge] And so has everybody else, everybody else, everybody else Everybody, everybody's doing it [Verse 2] So mark on your skin something that you like Some phrase or a symbol that might Better say who you were at that time in your life [Bridge] But not because everybody else, everybody else, everybody else Everybody, everybody's doing it [Chorus] And if you wanna do the popular thing, oh Well then, follow away But if you want to find something unique, oh You can't look that way 'Cause if you give it any more than a peek, oh Well, then you will have changed [Bridge] Because everybody else, everybody else, everybody else Everybody, everybody's doing it [Verse 3] So have a kiss, babe, one little kiss And you won't ever never never never miss it 'Cause when you get kissed you also get to kiss And one thing then leads to another But don't prematurely make her a mother Make sure that you love her 'til death do you part [Bridge] But not because everybody else, everybody else, everybody else Everybody, everybody's doing it [Chorus] And if you wanna do the popular thing, oh Well then, follow away But if you want to find something unique, oh You can't look that way 'Cause if you give it any more than a peek, oh Well, then you will have changed [Bridge] Because everybody else, everybody else, everybody else Everybody, everybody's doing it [Verse 4] Well look now, there's a graveyard You'll be in one, like it or not You can't pick when, but you can pick your lot [Bridge] And everybody else, everybody else, everybody else Everybody, everybody's doing it [Chorus] And if you wanna do the popular thing, oh Well then, follow away But if you want to find something unique, oh You can't look that way 'Cause if you give it any more than a peek, oh Well, you will have changed [Bridge] Because everybody else, everybody else, everybody else Everybody, everybody's doing it