i don't need your instigation to tell me what i've done
i don't need your investigation to tell me right from wrong
i don't need your inflation to tell me what i owe
i don't need your congregation to say what i should know

everyone i meet is just a memory
so don't take offense because i don't recall
you are my friend that i'll stick with til the end
so don't take offense because i never call

i don't want your institution to tell me what to give
i don't want your constitution to tell me how to live

everyone i meet is just a memory
so don't take offense because i don't recall
you are my friend that i'll stick with til the end
so don't take offense because i never call

i don't want your restitution to help you make amends
i don't want your revolution to tell me how it ends

everyone i meet is just a memory
so don't take offense because i don't recall
you are my friend that i'll stick with til the end
so don't take offense because i never call