Those of you who have, or have had (or indeed have been), teenage offspring will probably understand the lyrics without too much explanation. Not everyone will have had this degree of experience, but you’ll know what I mean. I have worked for 30 years counselling teenagers and their parents (amongst other things), and “Things Must Change” was inspired by an amalgam of memories of some of the interviews I carried out with parents – people sometimes very much at the end of their tether.
Neil's musical compadre, Alf Solti plays the Hammond, piano and the “Tusk Brass Band” (the organ solo is a real showstopper – how does he fit so many notes into two short bars?)
You’ve got your hoodie up
The cone of silence down
Your buds are in your ears
Don’t want to turn around
Things have to change
Things just have to change
You’re staying out all night
I don’t know who you’re seeing
Get home and want a fight
You think I’ve got no feelings?
Things have to change
Things just have to change
This just can’t go on
Don’t know what’s gone wrong
But I want us to talk about it
You’ve got me seeing red
I don’t know what I said
But we’ve just got to talk about it
This just can’t go on
And I don’t know what I’ve done wrong
But I want us to talk about it
Talk about it
It’s not so long ago
We used to be best friends
There was no toe to toe
There were no rifts to mend
Things have to change
Things just have to change
Things can’t go on this way
You know what I’m saying
Another week like this
And I’m not staying
Things have to change
Things just have to change
This just can’t go on
Don’t know what’s gone wrong
But I want us to talk about it
You’ve got me seeing red
I don’t know what I said
But we’ve just got to talk about it
This just can’t go on
And I don’t know what I’ve done wrong
But I want us to talk about it
We’ve just got to talk about it
If things don’t pick up soon
I don’t know what I’ll do
You mean so much to me
I thought I meant the same to you
I just don’t understand
The way you make me feel
I can’t take it anymore
Things just have to change
credits
from THE VAULT,
released December 18, 2011
Neil - vocals, guitars, bass
Alf Solti - keys, horns
Pete - drums
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