Every dream that I dream seems to float on by
Like a cloud in the wind way up in the sky,
Every move that I make seems to be the wrong way
Like a cold black night after a summer's day.

{What can I do-oo? What can I do-u-oo?}
(Nothing the same as it used to be),
Nothing the same as it used to be-!
{What can I do-oo?}

(Guitar bridge)

Used to play my guitar with a smile on my face,
(Ooh-ooh-)
Now everything's changed - my whole life's rearranged.
(Ooh-ooh-)
From the day I was born Sidle Jinks was my name,
(Ooh-ooh-)
Though I tried and I tri-ied - that name still remains.
(Ooh-ooh-)

{What can I do-oo? What can I do-u-oo?}
(Ah-) (Nothing the same as it used to be),
(Ah-) Nothing the same as it used to be-!
{What can I do-oo?}

(Guitar bridge)

{What- can I do-oo? What- can I do-oo?
What- can I do-oo? What- can I do-oo?}

I hear voices all singing but no one's there,
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-)
It's a ghost of my life bringing pa-ast tense to mind,
(Ooh-, ooh-ooh-ooh-)
Lockin' key inside me from the freedom and sin,
(Ooh-, ooh-ooh-)
 [bad word] - let me in, I'll start all over again!

{What can I do-oo? What can I do-u-oo?}
(Ah-) (Nothing the same as it used to be),
(Ah-) No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, (no!)
{What can I do-oo?}

(Guitar bridge)

{What- (what-) can I do-oo? 
What- (what-) can I do-oo?
What? (What? What? What? What? What? What? What?)}