Twenty-five years and my life is still Tryin' to get up that great big hill of hope For a destination I realized quickly when I knew I should That the world was made up of a brotherhood of man For whatever that means And so I cry sometimes when I'm lying in bed Just to get it all out, what's in my head And I, I'm feeling a little peculiar And when I wake up in the morning and I step outside And I take a deep breath and I get real high And I scream at the top of my lungs "What's goin' on And I said, "Hey-ey-ey-ey-ey Hey-ey-ey I said, "Hey, what's goin' on And I said, "Hey-ey-ey-ey-ey Hey-ey-ey I said, "Hey, what's goin' on Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh, ooh And I try Oh my God, do I try I try all the time In this institution Oh, I pray (I pray) Oh my God, do I pray I pray every single day For a revolution And well I cry sometimes when I'm lying in bed Just to get it all out, what's in my head And I, I'm feeling a little peculiar And when I wake up in the morning and I step outside And I take a deep breath and I get real high And I scream at the top of my lungs "What's goin' on And I said, "Hey-ey-ey-ey-ey Hey-ey-ey I said, "Hey, what's goin' on And I said, "hey-ey-ey-ey-ey Hey-ey-ey I said, "Hey (I said, "Hey"), what's goin' on And I said, "Hey-ey-ey-ey-ey Hey-ey, hey, what's goin' on And I said, "Hey-ey-ey-ey-ey Hey-ey-ey I said, "Hey (I said, "Hey"), what's goin' on And I said, "Hey-ey-ey-ey-ey Hey-ey-ey I said, "Hey, what's goin' on

I'm canned heat, canned heat, mama Lord, it sure is good to me I'm canned heat, mama Yes, it sure is good to me Well, we tried to make it happen Yeah, good times sure don't bother me Well, canned heat, everybody Is just a low down state of mind Well, canned heat, everybody Yeah, it's just a low down state of mind Why's your mind all strung out? Rainbows been there all the time My life was just a scramble Just as low as I could be Tell, you people, canned heat been good to me My life was just a scramble Child, I was just a low as I could be I'm so grateful to the canned heat Child, it made a good ol' man of me I'm canned heat, canned heat, mama Lord, it sure is good to me I'm canned heat, mama Yes, it sure is good to me Well, now my scene's all together Now, I can finally say I'm free