Surrender Rick Nelson as performed by Cheap Trick

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Mother told me, yes she told me, I'd meet girls like you,

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She also told me, "Stay away, you'll never know what you'll catch."

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Just the other day I hear a soldiers falling off,

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Some Indonesian junk that's going 'round.

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Mommy's all right, Daddy's all right, they just seem a little weird,

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Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away,

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Ay, ay, ay.

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Father says, "Your mother's right, she's really up on things,"

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Before we married, Mommy served, in the WACS in the Philippines,"

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Now, I had heard the WACS recruited, old maids for the war,

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But mommy isn't one of those, I've known her all these years.

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Mommy's all right, Daddy's all right, they just seem a little weird,

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Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away,

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Ay, ay, aay!

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Whatever happened to all this season's losers of the year?

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Every time I got to thinking, where'd they disappear?

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Then I woke up, Mom and Dad are rolling on the couch,

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Rolling numbers, rock and rolling, got my Kiss records out.

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Mommy's all right, Daddy's all right, they just seem a little weird,

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Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away,

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Ay, ay, aay!

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Away,

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Away,

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Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away... (repeat & fade)