Fool Ideas

You’re putting fool ideas in my young boy’s head
And if he listens to you he’s going to wind up dead
The man will come down hard, just like he always do
And when he does we’ll blame it all on you
My boy’s just a baby, so he don’t know
And you get him so excited when you put on your show
But I’ve been around longer, seen the troubles we’ve had
If he listens to you, he’ll get beaten up bad
You’re putting fool ideas in my young boy’s head
And if he listens to you he’s going to wind up dead
The man will come down hard, just like he always do
And when he does we’ll blame it all on you
You’ve got my boy filled with fire, but he’s too young to see
That the way things are is just the way that they be
You say we’ll overcome all the things that are wrong
But you can’t change the world with a protest song
You’re putting fool ideas in my young boy’s head
And if he listens to you he’s going to wind up dead
The man will come down hard, just like he always do
And when he does we’ll blame it all on you
You keep a rocking the boat; you take a protest walk
But you can’t change the world with all your fancy talk
You ain’t nothing but trouble; you’re a fool and a fake
You way you have a dream, but pretty soon you will wake
You’re putting fool ideas in my young boy’s head
And if he listens to you he’s going to wind up dead
The man will come down hard, just like he always do
And when he does we’ll blame it all on you
We’ll blame it all on you