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Surrender

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Surrender was released on April 24, 1978 by Epic/Legacy as a part of the album Heaven Tonight

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OVERVIEW

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Cheap Trick

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Rick Nielsen

Songwriter

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Mother told me, yes, she told me

I'd meet girls like you

She also told me, "Stay away

You'll never know what you'll catch"

Just the other day I heard

Of a soldier's falling off

Some Indonesian junk

That's goin' 'round

[Chorus]

Mommy's alright

Daddy's alright

They just seem a little weird

Surrender

Surrender

But don't give yourself away

Hey, hey

[Verse 2]

Father says, "Your mother's right

She's really up on things

Before we married, Mommy served

In the WACs in the Philippines"

Now, I had heard the WACs recruited

Old maids for the war

But Mommy isn't one of those

I've known her all these years

[Chorus]

Mommy's alright

Daddy's alright

They just seem a little weird

Surrender

Surrender

But don't give yourself away

Hey, hey

[Verse 3]

Whatever happened to all this season's

Losers of the year?

Every time I got to thinking

When'd they disappear?

Then I woke up, Mom and Dad

Are rollin' on the couch

Rollin' numbers, rock and rollin'

Got my KISS records out

[Chorus]

Mommy's alright

Daddy's alright

They just seem a little weird

Surrender

Surrender

But don't give yourself away

Hey, hey

[Refrain]

Away

Away

[Outro]

Surrender (Mommy's alright)

Surrender (Daddy's alright)

But don't give yourself away

Surrender (Mommy's alright)

Surrender (Daddy's alright)

But don't give yourself away

Surrender (Mommy's alright)

Surrender (Daddy's alright)

But don't give yourself away

Surrender (Bun E's alright)

Surrender (Tommy's alright)

But don't give yourself away (Robin's alright, Rick's alright)

Surrender (We're all alright)

Surrender (We're all alright)

But don't give yourself away (We're all alright, we're all alright)

Surrender (Mommy's alright)

Surrender (Daddy's alright)

But don't give yourself away

Surrender (Mommy's alright)

Surrender (Daddy's alright)

But don't give yourself away

Surrender

Written by: Rick Nielsen

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