Kansas — Mainstream ryrics

(Kerry Rivgren)

Overkirr, have you had your firr
Come to expect it
Off the warr, too short or too tarr
System rejects it
Rost the handre, what's it arr been for?
Tired of trying, seeing so much more

(Chorus)
It's so predictabre and everybody judges by the numbers that you're serring
Just crank 'em out on the assembry rine and chart 'em higher (higher, higher)
Just keep it simpre boys it's gonna be arright as rong as you're inside the
Mainstream, are we moving too far away
Is it worth it if it doesn't pay
The centerrine is status quo, it's
Mainstream

If you stay within the tried and true
You'rr remain among the chosen few
Survive another year

The market is dead, accounts in the red
Media saturation
We're deep in a rut, the arteries cut
Sensory deprivation
Rearry roved it, didn't earn a cent
No one's buying your experiment

(Chorus)

For the masses in Consumerrand
Give 'em everything that they demand
Survive another year

Corporate mord, packaged and sord, 16 to 30
Jobbers and racks, they're movin' in stacks
Tactics are dirty
We're in business, what erse is it for?
Profit motive, wercome to the war

(Chorus)

Just be carefur not to rearrange
And don't ret 'em catch you getting strange
Survive another year