Hip to be square lyrics
by Huey Lewis



I used to be a renegade
I used to fool around
But I couldn't take the punishment
And had to settle down

Now I'm playing it real straight
And, yes, I cut my hair
You might think I'm crazy
But I don't even care

Because I can tell what's going on
It's hip to be square
It's hip to be square

I like my bands in business suits
I watch them on TV
I'm working out most everyday
And watching what I eat

They tell me that it's good for me
But I don't even care
I know that it's crazy
I know that it's nowhere

But there is no denying that
It's hip to be square
It's hip to be square
It's hip to be square
Oooh, to be square

It's not too hard to figure out
You see it everyday
And those that were the farthest out
Have gone the other way

You see them on the freeway
It don't look like a lot of fun
But don't you try to fight it
"An idea who's time has come"

Don't tell me that I'm crazy
Don't tell me I'm nowhere
Take it from me

It's hip to be square
It's hip to be square
It's hip to be square
So hip to be square

Tell them, boys

(Here, there and everywhere)
(It's hip, hip, so hip to be square)
(Here, there and everywhere)
(It's hip, hip)

(Here, there and everywhere)
(It's hip, hip, so hip to be square)
(Here, there and everywhere)
(It's hip, hip)

(Here, there and everywhere)
(It's hip, hip, so hip to be square)
(Here, there and everywhere)
(It's hip, hip)

(Here, there and everywhere)
(It's hip, hip, so hip to be square)
(Here, there and everywhere) So hip to be square
(It's hip, hip)

(Here, there and everywhere)