We're gonna get really speedy We're gonna wear black all the time You're gonna make it on your own
'Cos we dig 'Cos we dig We dig We dig repetition We dig repetition We've repetition in the music and we're never gonna lose it
All you daughters and sons who are sick of fancy music We dig We dig We dig repetition We dig repetition Repetition on the drums and we're never gonna lose it
This is the three Rs The three Rs Repetition, repetition, repetition
Oh, mental hospitals Oh, mental hospitals They put electrodes in your brain And you're never the same You don't dig repetition You don't love repetition
Repetition in the music and we're never gonna lose it
President Carter loves repetition Chairman Mao, he dug repetition
Repetition in China Repetition in America Repetition in West Germany Simultaneous suicides
There is no hesitation This is your situation Continue a blank generation Blank generation Same old blank generation Groovy blank generation Swinging blank generation
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I realise these are not game-changing, flip-the-meaning-of-the-song-on-its-head suggestions, but on close listening I hear the following at the start of the song:
“You’re gonna wear black all the time You’ve gotta make it on your own”
I realise these are not game-changing, flip-the-meaning-of-the-song-on-its-head suggestions, but on close listening I hear the following at the start of the song:
“You’re gonna wear black all the time
You’ve gotta make it on your own”
Our first duty must be to transcribe the lyrics as accurately as possible, radical revisionism is secondary!
Those lines are difficult though. I’ve listened again myself and I’m yet not convinced the current transcription should change. I’ll sleep on it.