Mac DeMarco
The Eternal Tao
[Intro]
Eitan
Hi, I'm Fred
Hi, my name’s Mike and if you're sitting there watching this tape smoking your cigarette, well, hit the fast forward button because I don't smoke and I don’t like people who do smoke
I'm not afraid to get sand on my tuxedo if you're not afraid to let the wind mess your hair up a little bit when I take the top down
Perhaps even a, a nice bath with some champagne

[Verse 1]
T.E.​
T.E.T. cannot be whispered
T.E.​
T.E.T
The Tao can't be sung
I long to know what is beyond me
I try to change what I should not change
Realistically optimistic
I'm a philosopher, n-not a mystic
No more playing now, I'm on a mission
But I forgive a man if he doesn't listen
I see Lucifer makes a good living
A philosophy so limiting

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Everyone got decisions to make
Oh, yeah, baby, got bills to pay
The truth lies beyond what you see
I'm not mad at you
[Chorus]
When I get my turn
When I get my turn
Staying on my toes
Oh, they will see
Forget everything you heard
Forget everything you heard
You don’t know who’s feeding it to you
When I was sixteen
When I was sixteen
Nobody believed
"Music's for you"
When my turn it comes
When my turn it comes
I will tear the system apart

[Interlude]
Now we build statues of robots
Humanity is already a memory

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Nothing’s black or white, it's all grey
Honesty without tact is cruelty
Nothing turns me on like what you say
Bending towards pending demise
[Chorus]
When I get my turn
When I get my turn
Staying on my toes
Oh, they will see
Forget everything you heard
Forget everything you heard
You don't know who's feeding it to you
When I was sixteen
When I was si-sixteen
Nobody believed
"Music’s for you"
It's harder than I thought
But when my time it comes
Will I be prepared?
I guess we'll see

[Bridge]
End of the daydream
Nine zillion lane highway
Was not part of the deal

[Outro]
When I get my way
When I get my way (Nothing is ever)
When I get my way (Deleted anymore)
When I get my way
When I get my way
When I get my way (The mind wants to play)
When I get my way
(Free from the assembly line of thought)