Surrender ('81)

Mother told me, yes, she told me
I'd meet girls like you
She also told me, "Stay away, you'll never know what you'll catch"
Just the other day I heard of a soldier's... falling off (!)
Some Indonesian junk that's going round...

Mommy's alright
Daddy's alright
They just seem a little weird
Surrender, surrender
But don't give yourself away
(Ay, ay, ay...)

Father says, "Your mother's right, she's really up on things"
"Before we married, Mommy served in the WACS in the Philippines"
Now, I had heard the WACS recruited old maids for the war
Mommy isn't one of those, I've known her all these years

Mommy's alright
Daddy's alright
They just seem a little weird
Surrender, surrender
But don't give yourself away
(Ay, ay, ay...)

Whatever happened to all this season's losers of the year?
Every time I got to thinking, where'd they disappear?
When I woke up, mom and dad were rolling on the couch
Rolling numbers, rock and rolling, got my Cheap Trick records out!

Mommy's alright
Daddy's alright
They just seem a little weird
Surrender, surrender
But don't give yourself away
(Ay, ay, ay...)

Away...
Away!
(Ow!)

Surrender (Mommy's alright)
Surrender (Daddy's alright)
But don't give yourself away

Surrender (Mommy's alright)
Surrender (Daddy's alright)
But don't give yourself away

Surrender (Mike's alright!)
Surrender (Matt's alright!)
But don't give yourself away
(Marc is alright!) (John is alright!)

Surrender (We're all alright)
Surrender (We're all alright)
But don't give yourself away
(We're all alright)
(We're all alright)

(We're all alright)
(We're all alright)
(We're all alright!)
(We're all alright!)

(We're all alright!)
(We're all alright!)
(We're all alright!)
(We're all alright!)

Surrender
(We're all alright!)
Surrender...
But don't give yourself away!
(Ay, ay, ay...)