Groupe : Cheap Trick
Titre : Surrender
Album : Heaven Tonight
Année : 1978
Cheap Trick est un groupe un peu oublié mais qui a pourtant influencé pas mal d'artistes durant les décénies qui suivèrent leurs débuts. Surrender est l'une des chansons les plus connues du groupe américain, le magazine Rolling Stone la d'ailleurs classé 471 sur 500 des "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
Lyrics :
Mother told me, yes, she told me I'd meet girls like you
She also told me, "Stay away, you'll never know what you'll catch"
Just the other day I heard a soldier falling off some Indonesian junk that's going round
Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird
Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away
Father says, "Your mother's right, she's really up on things"
"Before we married, Mommy served in the WACS in the Philippines"
Now, I had heard the WACS recruited old maids for the war
But mommy isn't one of those, I've known her all these years
Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird
Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away
Whatever happened to all this season's losers of the year?
Every time I got to thinking, where'd they disappear?
When I woke up, Mom and Dad are rolling on the couch
Rolling numbers, rock and rolling, got my Kiss records out
Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird
Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away