Al Stewart - How Does It Happen



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