Don't try to change Doofus, let Doofus change you.
But glittering prizes and endless compromises, Shatter the illusion of integrity...
I will choose a path that's clear, I will choose freewill.
I am a big fan of Dos Passos' stylistic ability, his poetic approach to prose, but the ideas presented in the songs are quite different from those which he exemplified.
Throw off those chains of reason and your prison disappears.
What a young musician's dream, to say, "Look at those chrome drums. Look at that 22-inch ride cymbal. I'll have those." It was one of those unparalleled exciting days of your life.