Hard To Explain by The Strokes
Was an honest man
Asked me for the phone
Tried to (1)________ control
(Oh) I don't see it that way
I don't see it that way
(Oh) we (2)____________ some ideas
All obsessed with fame
Says we're all the same
(Oh) I don't see it that way
I don't see it that way
Raised in Carolina
I'm not like that
Trying to remind her
When we go back
I missed the last bus
I'll take the next train
I try but you see
It's hard to explain
I say the right things
But act the wrong way
I (3)________ it right here
But I (4)____________ stay
I watch the TV
Forget what I'm told
Well I am too young
And they are too old
The joke is on you
This place is a zoo
You're (5)__________ it's true
Says he can't decide
Shake my head to say
Everything's just great
(Oh) I (6)________ can't remember
I just can't remember
Raised in Carolina
She says
I'm not like that
Trying to remind her
When we go back
I say the right things
But act the wrong way
I like it right here
But I cannot stay
I watch the TV
Forget (7)________ I'm told
Well I am too young
And (8)________ are too old
(Oh) man, can't you see
I'm nervous, so please
Pretend to be nice
So I can be mean
I (9)____________ the last bus
We take the (10)________ train
I try but you see
It's hard to explain
Asked me for the phone
Tried to (1)________ control
(Oh) I don't see it that way
I don't see it that way
(Oh) we (2)____________ some ideas
All obsessed with fame
Says we're all the same
(Oh) I don't see it that way
I don't see it that way
Raised in Carolina
I'm not like that
Trying to remind her
When we go back
I missed the last bus
I'll take the next train
I try but you see
It's hard to explain
I say the right things
But act the wrong way
I (3)________ it right here
But I (4)____________ stay
I watch the TV
Forget what I'm told
Well I am too young
And they are too old
The joke is on you
This place is a zoo
You're (5)__________ it's true
Says he can't decide
Shake my head to say
Everything's just great
(Oh) I (6)________ can't remember
I just can't remember
Raised in Carolina
She says
I'm not like that
Trying to remind her
When we go back
I say the right things
But act the wrong way
I like it right here
But I cannot stay
I watch the TV
Forget (7)________ I'm told
Well I am too young
And (8)________ are too old
(Oh) man, can't you see
I'm nervous, so please
Pretend to be nice
So I can be mean
I (9)____________ the last bus
We take the (10)________ train
I try but you see
It's hard to explain
Answers:
(1) take(2) shared(3) like(4) cannot(5) right(6) just(7) what(8) they(9) missed(10) next