1. EVERYDAY PEOPLE

Sometimes I'm right then I can be wrong
My own beliefs are in my songs
A butcher, a banker, a drummer and then
Makes no difference what group I'm in
I am everyday people.

Then it's the blue ones who can't accept
The green ones for living with
The black ones tryin' to be a skinny one
Different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and scooby dooby dooby.

Ooh sha sha
We gotta live together.

I am no better and neither are you
We're all the same whatever we do
You love me you hate me
You know me and then
Still can't figure out the scene I'm in
I am everyday people.

Then it's the new man
That doesn't like the short man
For being such a rich one
That will not help the poor one
Different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on scooby dooby dooby.

Ooh sha sha
We got to live together.

There is a yellow one that won't
Accept the black one
That won't accept the red one
That won't accept the white one.

Different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and
Scooby dooby dooby
Ooh sha sha
I am everyday people.


2. BAD REPUTATION

I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation
You're living in the past it's a new generation
A girl can do what she wants to do and that's
What I'm gonna do
An' I don't give a damn ' bout my bad reputation.

Oh no not me

An' I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation
Never said I wanted to improve my station
An' I'm only doin' good
When I'm havin' fun
An' I don't have to please no one
An' I don't give a damn
'Bout my bad reputation.

Oh no, not me
Oh no, not me.

I don't give a damn
'Bout my reputation
I've never been afraid of any deviation
An' I don't really care
If ya think I'm strange
I ain't gonna change
An' I'm never gonna care
'Bout my bad reputation.

Oh no, not me
Oh no, not me.

Pedal boys!

An' I don't give a damn
'Bout my reputation
The world's in trouble
There's no communication
An' everyone can say
What they want to say
It never gets better anyway
So why should I care
'Bout a bad reputation anyway.

Oh no, not me
Oh no, not me.

I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation
You're living in the past
It's a new generation
An' I only feel good
When I got no pain
An' that's how I'm gonna stay
An' I don't give a damn
'Bout my bad reputation.

Oh no, not me
Oh no, not
Not me, not me.


3. WHY CAN'T WE BE HAPPY

I didn't mean to lose control and take it out on you
But there are things
I can't explain
Like havin' dreams come true
While all the world
Is sad and cold
Look at me and you.

We have so much
Why don't I feel happy, baby?
I love you so much
Why can't we be happy.

Every time we have a fight
It hurts me thru and thru
And all at once I'm so unsure
What I'm supposed to do
Even so I always know I'll spend my life with you.

We have so much
Why don't I feel happy, baby?
I love you so much
Why can't we be happy.

No one can satisfy
The needs in me but you
I try to speak my mind to you
But you don't hear me.

I gotta get off by myself
An' have a drink or two
Cuz lately I been so uptight from
What we're goin' through
To live without you
Would hurt no doubt
I never wanted to.

We have so much
Why don't I feel happy, baby?
I love you so much
Why can't we be happy.


US EDITION

1. EVERYDAY PEOPLE

(See lyrics on track 1)


2. WHY CAN'T WE BE HAPPY

(See lyrics on track 3)