ALL THE NASTIES

If it came to pass
That they should ask
What could I tell them ?
Would they criticize
Behind my back,
Maybe I should let them
Oh, if only then, and only then
They would understand
They'd turn
A full-blooded city boy
Into a full-blooded city man

If they could face it,
I could take it
In their eyes
I know I'd make it
Their tiny minds
And sacred cows, just fake it,
If only then, and only then
They would understand
They'd turn
A full-blooded city boy
Into a full-blooded city man

But I know the way
They want me,
In the way publicize
If they could turn
Their focus off,
To the image in their eyes
Maybe it would help them, help them understand
Maybe it would help them, help them understand
Maybe it would help them, help them understand
That a full-blooded city boy
Is now a full-blooded city man

Oh my soul
Oh my soul
Oh my soul...