Lyrics to The Things You Have To Do

What are you doing for you
What are you doing for them
After all in the end
Can you ever defend
The things you have to do

What are you giving away
What are you holding on to
Add the guilt to the doubt
How they tire you out
The things you have to do

You watch yourself act
From a distance
Nothing is clear
It's more like a dream
You feel fairly sure
That your motives are pure
But is that mere
Self-esteem
How much of what you're doing is
'Have to'
How much of what you're doing is
'Want to'
There's no clear line
You can't define
Right/wrong
True/lie
Illusion
You are wiped out
By confusion

What are you doing to them
What are you doing to you
Cut the thought from the act
And you're left with the fact
The things you have to do

What are you giving away
What are you holding on to
Place the loss with the gain
And you still can't explain
The things you have to do
The things you have to do
The things you have to do

The Things You Have To Do

Album Track

The Things You Have To Do was written by Andy Mackay with Howard Schuman for the second series of Rock Follies broadcast on UK TV in 1977.

Song Musicians

The Things You Have To Do is on the following Roxy Music and Solo Albums