IntroVerseMy Father Is A Doctor, He's A Familiy ManMy Mother Works For Charity Whenever She CanThey're Both Good Clean Americans Who Abide By The LawThey Both Stick Up For Liberty And TheyMy Happiness Was Paid For When They Laid Their Money DownFor Summers In A Summer Camp And Winters In The TownMy Future In The System Was Talked About And PlannedBut I Gave It Up For Music And The Free Electric Band.Verse 2I Went To School In Hand Washed Shirts With Neatly Oiled HairAnd The School Was Big And Newly Built And Filled With Light And AirAnd The Teacher Taught Us Values That We Had To Learn To KeepAnd They Clipped The Ear Of Many Idle Kid Who Went To Sleep.Till My Father Organised For Me A College In The EastBut I Went To California For The Sun Shine And The BeachMy Parents And My Lecturers Could Never UnderstandWhy I Gave It Up For Music And The Free Electric BandWell They Used To Sit And Speculated Upon Their Son's CareerA Lawyer Or A Docter Or A Civil EngineerJust Give Me Bread And Water, Put A Guitar In My Hand'Cos All I Need Is Music And The Free Electric Band.Verse 3My Father Sent Me Money And I Spent It Pretty FastVerse 4On A Girl I Met In Berkley In A Social Science ClassyesAnd We Learned About Her Body But Her Mind We Did Not KnowUntil Deep Routed Attitudes And Morals Began To ShowShe Wanted To Get Married Even Though She Never SaidAnd I Knew Her Well Enough By Now To See Inside Her HeadShe'd Settle For Suburbia And A Little Patch Of LandSo I Gave Her Up For Music And The Free Electric Band
