How Does It Happen [*] Lyrics - Russians & Americans - Al Stewart

Oh, kid you're in a terrible state 

You better pick yourself up before it gets too late 

You're into phyiscal fitness and emotional fatness 

You think you're an actress, you act like a mattress 

How does it happen? 

How does it happen? 

How do things get to be that way? 

How does it happen? 

How does it happen? 

I feel like a wheel on a train that's runnin' away 

Runnin' away, runnin' away 

Runnin' away, runnin' away 

Oh, kid it can be bad out there 

When the trash comes at you from everywhere 

An original thought can be such a rush 

Why do they feed you on a diet of man-made mush? 

How does it happen? 

How does it happen? 

How does it get to be that way? 

How does it happen? 

How does it happen? 

I feel like a wheel on a train runnin' away 

Runnin' away, runnin' away 

Runnin' away, runnin' away 

I feel like a wheel on a train that's runnin' away 

Oh, kid there's no quick solution 

And there's no one there to grant you absolution 

When your friends belong in an institution 

There's a spanner in the works of evolution 

How does it happen? 

How does it happen? 

How does it get to be that way? 

How does it happen? 

How does it happen? 

I feel like a wheel on a train that's runnin' away... 

Runnin' away, runnin' away 

Runnin' away, runnin' away 

Runnin' away 

I feel like a wheel on a train that's runnin' away 

Runnin' away, runnin' away