I left a mansion in the ghetto
caught a bus outside the station
i had to leave my home
turned around and it was gone
things are not the same
inside my imagination
it's a big big world
had to run away
and find out what was going on
Get back
take a look at what you're doing
get back
take a look at what you've done
get back
got to take a look behind the door
get back
got to take a step back to go ahead
Things look better on the west side
when you come from the wrong side of down
say, i don't know why you still cry cry cry
can't get no satisfaction
every cinderella must find her prince
in the american fashion passion
Get back
take a look at what you're doing
get back
take a look at what you've done
get back
got to take a look behind the door
get back
got to take a step back to go ahead
When i was a child i remember
staring at a sea of factories
across the bloody detroit
the orange and bleeding skies
i did not want to believe my burning eyes
i wondered should i say a prayer
or hang my head in sheer despair
and think maybe this will just all disappear
hard lessons to be learning
this world's no longer a virgin
a certified commodity
baby don't get anything for free
i'm still banking on sanity
a little peace and sanctity
Get back -2-
Powers of the nation
racing with the face of time
you never really know what's going on
in the back of those minds
so many people are dying of hunger
it's a spectacle indeed
sometimes suicide is the only way
for a prisoner to be freed
sometimes i think about this way of life
and "oo baby you know what i like"
and i'm wondering if it's moving ahead
or fooling us all and going back instead
Get back
take a look at what you're doing
get back
take a look behind those brazen doors
get back
got to take a look behind the door
get back
Look ahead look away
look at what you're doing
looking back look again
look at what you've done