Lyrics Several Shades of Green - Wreckless Eric
I
was
nearly
someone
back
in
the
day
I
was
in
the
lower
reaches
of
the
hit
parade
In
between
the
pages
of
some
stupid
magazines
Posing
in
a
jacket
that
I
wouldn't
be
seen
Dead
in
or
fit
in
today
I
was
out
of
time
I
was
out
of
step
Singing
out
of
tune
with
some
band
that
didn't
get
The
pictures,
the
poetry
though
they
said
they
liked
the
songs
And
they
always
sang
along
Though
they
usually
got
the
words
wrong
They
did
my
head
in
If
I'd
known
then
what
I
know
now
But
everybody
says
that
– it's
a
fool's
game
I
wouldn't
do
it
different
I'd
just
do
it
all
again
I'd
take
my
turn
I'd
stand
in
line
for
groundhog
day
I'd
do
it
all
again
for
another
crack
at
the
hit
parade
Oh
what
do
you
think?
I
was
pretty
I
was
thin
I
was
several
shades
of
green
And
every
day
I
saw
things
that
I
wished
I'd
never
seen
I
couldn't
tell
kings
and
queens
from
aces
hearts
and
jacks
I
didn't
know
Cracker
Barrel
from
a
shotgun
shack
And
every
day
I
saw
things
that
I
wished
I'd
never
seen
And
every
day
I
saw
things
turned
me
several
shades
of
green
If
I'd
known
then
what
I
know
now
But
everybody
says
that
– it's
a
fool's
game
I
wouldn't
do
it
different
I'd
just
do
it
all
again
I'd
take
my
turn
I'd
stand
in
line
for
groundhog
day
I'd
do
it
all
again
for
a...
I
don't
know
why
I'd
do
all
that
again
Just
for
the
sheer
THRILL
Of
doing
it
all
again
Yeah
– sock
it
to
me
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