With Mr Soul or King Creole

You gotta go with the man in the band

He'll be your guide

Singing la la la la

But what makes Mr Politic

A lot of words another trick

Turn peace into war

Singing ha ha ha ha





Ooh it's not the way we want it

Not the way at all

Not the way to change our minds

Our backs up against the wall



The boys in the band all live in harmony

For life's a poem

And we can make it rhyme

The boys in the band all live in harmony

Let's get it together before we

Go down, down, down



I don't want to theorise it

Just hope people realise

The simple melody can free your soul

And let you be man what you are

And fly la la la

But every back street slum where

Pushers push and hookers hook

Just won't set you free with ha ha ha ha



Oooh it's not the way we want it

Not the way at all

Not the way to change our minds

Our backs up against the wall



The boys in the band all live in harmony

For life's a poem

And we can make it rhyme

The boys in the band all live in harmony

Let's get it together before we

Go down, down, down



Break



The boys in the band all live in harmony

The boys in the band all live in harmony



Oooh it's not the way we want it

Not the way at all

Not the way to change our minds

Our backs up against the wall



The boys in the band all live in harmony

The boys in the band all live in harmony



The boys in the band all live in harmony

The boys in the band all live in harmony



The boys in the band all live in harmony

The boys in the band all live in harmony