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Cover art for Just the Same/Proclamation (Live)

Song

Just the Same/Proclamation (Live)

Gentle Giant

Playing The Fool – The Complete Live Experience (2025 Dan Bornemark Mix), 1977, English

Lyrics

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See me, what I am, what I was, what I'll be
Hear me, understand that I'm not what you see
Take this, take the man, middle term, common me
Don't you see that I'm just doing what I want to do?
Nothing more and nothing less than you
Read no thoughts, I didn't think myself
Just the same as anybody else
Make me someone else, put me up on a stand
Something that I don't really want on my hands
Use me, idolize all you can understand
Don't you see that I'm just doing what I want to do?
Nothing more and nothing less than you
Read no thoughts, I didn't think myself
Just the same as anybody else
See me, what I am, what I was, what I'll be
Hear me, understand that I'm not what you see
Take this, take the man, middle term, common me
Don't you see that I'm just doing what I want to do?
Nothing more and nothing less than you
Read no thoughts I didn't think myself
Just the same as anybody else
You may not have all you want or you need
All that you have has been due to my hand
It can change, it can stay the same
Who can say? Who can make their claim?
Hail, hail, hail, hail
Hail!
Unity's strength
And all must be as one
Confidence in you
Hope will reflect in me
I think everyone
Not as my nation
For you are my people
And there must be no change
It can change, it can stay the same
Who can say? Who can make their claim?
Hail, hail, hail, hail
Hail to Power and to Glory's way
Hail to Power and to Glory's way
Hail to Power and to Glory's way
Hail to Power and to Glory's way
Hail to Power and to Glory's way
Hail to Power and to
And though the hard times are really due to me
It still is in me, to wave all this unrest
Things must stay, there must be no change
Anyway, time to rearrange
Hail!

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