Artist: Rush
Album: Moving Pictures
Written By: Neil peart


[Intro]

  


[Verse 1]
 
      
A modern-day w

arrior  
Mean mean stride,  
Today's Tom Sawyer 
            
Mean mean prid

           
e.  


[Hook]

   
      Though h

is mind is not

 for rent,  
   
      Don't pu

t him down as 

arrogant.  
   
      His rese

rve, a quiet d

efense,  
            
      Riding o

              
ut the day's e

       
vents.  
          
The ri_ver  

         

       
         


[Bridge]

             
And what you s

            
ay about his c

            
ompany  
            
Is what you sa

             
y about societ

  
y.  
           
Catch the mist

             
, catch the my

  
th  
            
Catch the myst

             
ery, catch the

                    
 drift.  


[Hook]

     
The world is, 

the world is, 

 
            
Love and life 

       
are deep,  
             
Maybe as his e

          
yes are wide. 

 
  
Today's Tom Sa

wyer,  
He gets high on you,  
And the space he invades  
He gets by on you.  


[Solo]

  
               


[Verse 2]

   
      No, his 

mind is not fo

r rent  
   
      To any g

od or governme

nt.  
   
      Always h

opeful, yet di

scontent,  
            
     He knows 

              
changes aren't

                                   
 permanent,  
           
But change is.

                       
  
       


[Hook]
  
             
And what you s

            
ay about his c

             
ompany  
            
Is what you sa

              
y about societ

     
y.  
           
Catch the witn

             
ess, catch the

       
 wit  
            
Catch the spir

             
it, catch the 

                 
spit.  


[Hook]

       
The world is, 

the world is, 

 
            
Love and life 

       
are deep,  
             
Maybe as his e

          
yes are wide.


[Verse 3]

  
Exit the warri

or,  
Today's Tom Sawyer,  
He gets high on you,  
And the energy you trade,  
He gets right on to the friction of the day.  


[Outro]

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