Hip To Be Square

Huey Lewis and The News

I used to be a renegade, I used to fool around


But I couldn't take the punishment, and had to settle down


Now I'm playing it real straight, and yes I cut my hair


You might think I'm crazy, but I don't even care


Because I can tell what's going on


It's hip to be square


I like my bands in business suits, I watch them on TV


I'm working out most everyday and watching what I eat


They tell me that it's good for me, but I don't even care


I know that it's crazy


I know that it's nowhere


But there is no denying that


It's hip to be square


It's not too hard to figure out, you see it everyday


And those that were the farthest out have gone the other way


You see them on the freeway, It don't look like a lot of fun


But don't you try to fight it; "An idea who's time has come."


Don't tell me that I'm crazy


Don't tell me I'm nowhere


Take it from me


It's hip to be square