Scott Detweiler

Lyrics

NEVER CHANGE by Scott Detweiler

He’s seen a winding river change its course before his eyes
And the trees around his legs are calling louder to the skies
All the boys have beards upon their chins below their tongues
And the little girls aren’t little as they bear the brand new young

Words take on new meaning nothing ever stays one way
And a gay man isn’t happy he just likes his men that way
Water was a liquid that we used to find in streams
Now we buy it in a bottle from a store way down in New Orleans

But he said, “Oh, I’ll never change
My suicide, formaldehyde filled mind
It won’t ever rearrange
I’ll never change
Just be glad for what you’ve got
Don’t think about it much
Don’t rock the boat”

His eyes were small but learned
From many trips around the sun
So I asked him for a taste of
The knowledge he had won

He said, “Son I want to tell you
That there really is no way
To write it down, a formula,
You’ve got to learn it as you gray
But I can tell you one thing
One thing about your little bitty species
They’ve got to have it all one way
Cause familiarity pleases”

Forever handed down the values
Branded in the way
They breathe the balmy breezes
Then they throw it back away
You know they throw it all away
Away, they throw it all away

And with that he shook his stubborn silver head
And walked away
He just walked away

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