Where You Come From

Where You Come From

Mighty Mighty Bosstones
(album: Pay Attention)

It´s not where you come from It´s more where you´re going And knowing the going might get strange The world´s greatest writers Are all drunks and fighters Get going, that isn´t going to change Will you still wager on the egg? Is it the egg or are you chicken? There´s an outside possibility Your life might start to kick in Your heart will start the race Will you chase or set the pace? Brace yourself The plot´s about to thicken It´s not where you come from It´s more where you´re going And knowing the going might get strange The world´s greatest writers Are all drunks and fighters Get going, that isn´t going to change. It´s been a thousand years or two And still the seconds keep on clicking Clogging cogs and greasing gears Still you can´t stop the clock from ticking It´s time that´s overrated And being great´s become outdated The apples, oranges? Not worth picking It´s not where you come from It´s more where you´re going And knowing the going might get strange The world´s greatest writers Are all drunks and fighters Get going, that isn´t going to change Come on! Where is it you´re going? Who was it who said it? Which stones are worth throwing? Who will we discredit? A pathetic aesthetic In a world less poetic It´s not where you come from It´s going, go get it It´s not where you come from It´s more where you´re going And knowing the going might get strange The world´s greatest writers Are all drunks and fighters Get going, that isn´t going to change It´s not where you come from It´s more where you´re going And knowing the going might get strange The world´s greatest writers Are all drunks and fighters Get going, that isn´t going to change Go! Where is it you´re going? Who was it who said it? Which stones are worth throwing? Who will we discredit? A pathetic aesthetic In a world less poetic It´s not where you come from It´s going, go get it.