Songwriter: Bob Seger
Producer: Bob Seger Punch Andrews
[Verse 1]
Yes it's true I am a young man
But I'm old enough to kill
I don't wanna kill nobody
But I must if you so will
And if I raise my hand in question
You just say that I'm a fool
Cause I got the gall to ask you
Can you maybe change the rules
Can you stand and call me upstart
Ask what answer can I find
I ain't sayin' I'm a genius
[Chorus]
2+2 is on my mind
2+2 is on my mind
[Verse 2]
Well I knew a guy in high school
Just an average friendly guy
And he had himself a girlfriend
And you made them say goodbye
Now he's buried in the mud
Over foreign jungle land
And his girl just sits and cries
She just doesn't understand
So you say he died for freedom
Well if he died to save your lies
Go ahead and call me yellow
[Chorus]
2+2 is on my mind
2+2 is on my mind
[Verse 3]
All I know is that I'm young
And your rules they are old
If I've got to kill to live
Then there's something left untold
I'm no statesman I'm no general
I'm no kid I'll never be
It's the rules not the soldier
That I find the real enemy
I'm no prophet I'm no rebel
I'm just asking you why
I just want a simple answer
Why it is I've got to die
I'm a simple minded guy
[Chorus]
2+2 is on my mind
2+2 is on my mind
2+2 is on my mind
Yes it's true I am a young man
But I'm old enough to kill
I don't wanna kill nobody
But I must if you so will
And if I raise my hand in question
You just say that I'm a fool
Cause I got the gall to ask you
Can you maybe change the rules
Can you stand and call me upstart
Ask what answer can I find
I ain't sayin' I'm a genius
[Chorus]
2+2 is on my mind
2+2 is on my mind
[Verse 2]
Well I knew a guy in high school
Just an average friendly guy
And he had himself a girlfriend
And you made them say goodbye
Now he's buried in the mud
Over foreign jungle land
And his girl just sits and cries
She just doesn't understand
So you say he died for freedom
Well if he died to save your lies
Go ahead and call me yellow
[Chorus]
2+2 is on my mind
2+2 is on my mind
[Verse 3]
All I know is that I'm young
And your rules they are old
If I've got to kill to live
Then there's something left untold
I'm no statesman I'm no general
I'm no kid I'll never be
It's the rules not the soldier
That I find the real enemy
I'm no prophet I'm no rebel
I'm just asking you why
I just want a simple answer
Why it is I've got to die
I'm a simple minded guy
[Chorus]
2+2 is on my mind
2+2 is on my mind
2+2 is on my mind
- Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man (1969)
- Seger Classics (1979)
- 1000 Days, 1000 Songs (2016)
- Night Moves
- Turn the Page (Live)
- Against the Wind
- Still the Same
- Old Time Rock and Roll
- You’ll Accomp’ny Me
- Like a Rock
- Hollywood Nights
- Beautiful Loser
- Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man
- The Famous Final Scene
- 2 + 2 = ?
- Travelin’ Man
- Turn the Page
- Shame on the Moon
- Her Strut
- C’est La Vie
- Mainstreet
- Roll Me Away
- We’ve Got Tonight
- The Fire Down Below
- Sunspot Baby
- Feel Like a Number
- Get Out of Denver