Cracklegs Letra

You're glowing bright

But you won't burn like that

Your entire life

Yeah, you ain't always

Gonna leave 'em stunned

If you're gonna sell out

Better do it while you're young

If the truth won't cut it

Then make something up

A lie is the best way

To make an honest buck

'Cause they'll breathe down your neck

'Till their psycho-babble floods your lungs

If you're gonna sell out

Better do it while you're young



[Chorus 1]

But if you take these cracklegs

And learn how to dance

Nothing but applause

Will come from my hands

Even if the moral victory's

All you've won

If you're gonna sell out

Better do it while you're young



[Verse 2]

Execs, yes-men

And sycophants

Tryin' to get their

Greasy fingerprints

Smeared around on

Everything you've done

If you're gonna sell out

Better do it while you're young

But by now you should know

What you left behind

When you signed that

Infernal dotted line

You're bound and gagged in red tape

But your swan's song hit #1

If you're gonna sell out

Better do it while you're young



[Chorus 2]

But if you take these cracklegs

And learn how to dance

Nothing but applause

Will come from my hands

But nobody's fooled

By your low riders and pierced tongue

If you're gonna sell out

Better do it while you're young



[Verse 3]

A comeback single

And publicity stunts

Will buy you maybe

A couple of months

But by now should know

Who's running and who's being run

If you're gonna sell out

Better do it while you're young



[Chorus 3]

But if you take these cracklegs

And learn how to dance

Nothing but applause

Will come from my hands

Any translator will tell you

There's no legalese word for fun

If you're gonna sell out

Better do it while you're young



Better sell out while you're young

Gotta sell out while you're young

Better sell out while you're young