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Fair Warning
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Rock
Fair Warning was released on May 1, 1975 by Rhino as a part of the album Initiation
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Release DateMay 1, 1975
LabelRhino
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM86

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Todd Rundgren
Todd Rundgren
Vocals
Dan Hartman
Dan Hartman
Bass
Chris Parker
Chris Parker
Drums
Rick Derringer
Rick Derringer
Guitar
Moogy Klingman
Moogy Klingman
Organ
Edgar Winter
Edgar Winter
Saxophone
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Todd Rundgren
Todd Rundgren
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Todd Rundgren
Todd Rundgren
Producer

Lyrics

You know, wishing won't make it so
Hoping won't do it, praying won't do it
Religion won't do it, philosophy won't do it
Supreme Court won't do it, the president and the Congress won't do it
The U.N. won't do it, the H-bomb won't do it
The sun and the moon won't do it
God won't do it, and I certainly won't do it
That leaves you, you'll have to do it
I know that you've been wondering
If I'm the same man inside
I never tried to fool you
'Cause I've got nothing to hide
I gave you fair warning I could never be tied down
'Til I've seen paradise with my very own eyes
Love owns us all, time owns us all, life owns us all
But the world doesn't own me (the world doesn't own me)
Don't you follow me now
I ain't afraid to say I may have been wrong, yeah
I have to go now
I'd rather live by a dream than live by a lie
Yeah yeah yeah yeah, and that's why
There ain't no cure for what I've got, baby
Just have to suffer
I feel no pain, I can't complain
Things could always be rougher
(But I've picked up this banner)
And I just can't put it down, no
I can't let the world die just 'cause no one would try
Love owns us all, time owns us all, life owns us all
But the world doesn't own me (the world doesn't own me)
Don't you follow me now
Everybody's got to find his own place in the sun
Everyone
(So shine on me now)
I'd rather live by a dream then live by a lie
You can say what you will about me
Talk is cheap and I don't mind
When you lay your life down in them grooves
You know you're bound to get scratched up sometime
It's only just a song, only just a song, pay me no mind
It's only just a song, pay me no mind
Woo hoo hoo
I have to go now
You've got to walk that road alone
If you walk it at all
(Don't follow me now)
I gave you all fair warning, now it's goodbye
I gave you all fair warning, now it's goodbye
And every once in a while why don't you think of me
'Cause it's a long, long time and a long way to go
Can't you see the light shining in my eyes
'Cause it's just one victory, and a long, long way, yeah yeah yeah yeah
'Cause your dream goes on forever
Don't you know that I've been trying to
Get my trip together
Be a real man
I got to be a real man
Gotta get your trip together one more time
Be a real man
Everybody be a real man, yeah
Don't let nobody drag you down, no no
'Cause I got to be a real man, yeah yeah
Don't be afraid of nothing
I'll swim that river, climb that mountain
Real man, everybody gotta be a real man, yeah yeah yeah
You gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta be a real man
Written by: Todd Rundgren
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