Kinks, The - Do It Again Lyrics
Standing in the middle of nowhere,
Wondering how to begin.
Lost between tomorrow and yesterday,
Between now and then.
Here we go round again.
Day after day I get up and I say
I better do it again.
Where are all the people going?
Round and round till we reach the end.
One day leading to another,
Get up, go out, do it again.
Then it's back where you started,
Back where you started,
Come on do it again.
And you think today is going to be better,
Change the world and do it again.
Give it all up and start all over,
You say you will but you don't know when.
Then it's back where you started,
Here we go round again.
Day after day I get up and I say
Come on do it again.
The days go by and you wish you were a different guy,
Different friends and a new set of clothes.
You make alterations and affect a new pose,
A new house, a new car, a new job, a new nose.
But it's superficial and it's only skin deep,
Because the voices in your head keep shouting in your sleep.
Get back, get back.
Back where you started, here we go round again,
Back where you started, come on do it again.
Back where you started, here we go round again,
Day after day I get up and I say, do it again.
Do it again.
Day after day I get up and I say, come on do it again.
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Kinks, The Do It Again Comments
I was not having a pleasant morning...then this song played, and well...
God Save The Kinks!
1984 Word of Mouth Tour - My first concert!
When you're young ya look forward, when you're old ya look back, when you're middle aged ya just look TIRED! 🙈🙊🙉🍀
This song has been stuck in my head for the last 2 days like some kind of MK-Ultra experiment aimed just at me...then, consider the lyrics. I love this this song though.
Let's do it again....coca....coLA....
Standing in the middle of nowhere
Wondering how to begin
Lost between tomorrow and yesterday
Between now and then
And now we're back where we started
Here we go round again
Day after day I get up and I say
I better do it again
Where are all the people going
Round and round till we reach the end
One day leading to another
Get up go out do it again
Then it's back where you started
Here we go round again
Back where you started
Come on do it again
And you think today is going to be better
Change the world and do it again
Give it all up and start all over
You say you will but you don't know when
Then it's back where you started
Here we go round again
Day after day I get up and I say
Come on better do it again
The days go by and you wish you were a different guy
Different friends and a new set of clothes
You make alterations and (a fact in you knows)
A new house a new car a new job a new nose
But it's superficial and it's only skin deep
Cause the voices in your head keep shouting in your sleep
Get back, get back
Back where you started, here we go round again
Back where you started, come on do it again
Back where you started, here we go round again
Day after day I get up and I say, do it again
Do it again
Day after day I get up and I say, do it again
I've heard this song 500 times, still rocks.
The Kinks
"Do It Again"
#41, 1985.
Kinks Word of Mouth Tour 1984 at the Spectrum in Philly, my first concert!
Was at that concert too! Great show!
My first concert was KISS in '76 at the Spectrum. I'm an old guy lol
Don't know why it took me so long to appreciate the Kinks, didn't care for them much back in the day but love their stuff now.
A lot of British Invasion bands ran out of steam by the eighties. Not The Kinks.Saw em in 82. They Rock...TJ STRUSKA
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2 of 4
Standing in the middle of nowhere
Wondering how to begin
Lost between tomorrow and yesterday
Between now and then
And now we're back where we started
Here we go round again
Day after day I get up and I say
I better do it again
Where are all the people going
Round and round till we reach the end
One day leading to another
Get up go out do it again
Then it's back where you started
Here we go round again
Back where you started
Come on do it again
And you think today is going to be better
Change the world and do it again
Give it all up and start all over
You say you will but you don't know when
Then it's back where you started
Here we go round again
Day after day I get up and I say
Come on better do it again
The days go by and you wish you were a different guy
Different friends and a new set of clothes
You make alterations and (a fact in you knows)
A new house a new car a new job a new nose
But it's superficial and it's only skin deep
Cause the voices in your head keep shouting in your sleep
Get back, get back
Back where you started, here we go round again
Back where you started, come on do it again
Back where you started, here we go round again
Day after day I get up and I say, do it again
Do it again
Day after day I get up and I say, do it again
Takes me back to listening to KMET and KLOS this song was always on those stations in the winter of 84/85.
Kinks are the greatest band of the '60s. Here we go 'round again.
Except for the Beatles. Whackin' hard like Stonehenge.
Get back. Standin' in the middle of nowhere wonderin' how to begin.
Where are all the people goin? In LA it's only superficial, only skin deep
'cause the voices in your head keep shufflin' in your sleep.
Here we go 'round again.
Double beat coming into "but it's superficial and it's only skin deep"...awesome
Saw them at SUNY Oswego in 1988. Total pros. Dave Davies- as good as any guitarist I've ever seen live. Could play anything.
One of their greatest songs.
Round and round till we reach the end
1983. My SR yr in HS and Navy Bootcamp 3 months after graduation
I'm 59 and am coming to the conclusion that when my times up I'll be ready. The good old days are gone and America is gone. Unless people wake and fight. And I mean blood and life.
Green Day rip off
Green Day wasn't even around when this song came out and the Kinks are way better-superstars compared to Green Day.
The Kinks can Do It Again anytime they want to as far as I am concerned. 👍
Now we´re back where we started.
Green Day Walking Contradiction
max headroom brought me here
Im 28 and i love this song
Damn, haven't heard THIS in 30+ years. Why don't I hear this on ANY of the 3 rock stations I listen to?
Because they SUCK
Wish corporate controlled BULLSHIT classic rock radio stations would play "gems" like this instead of SHITTY SHIT SHIT like Bon Jovi and Journey.😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑
I saw the Kinks 6-8 times in the early 1980s and they were excellent! This is probably my second favorite song of theirs (fave is All Day and All of the Night). Would be GREAT if they did a reunion tour!!
I'm surprised anyone doesn't love this.
Days go by and you wish you were a different guy,
new house, new job and a new nose.
This is from a few minutes after we beat the nazis to a pile
of bloody shit in '45. Doesn't anyone get this except for a few
of my friends in LA? Affect an new pose. Lost between
tomorrow and yesterday. Voices in my head keep shufflin'
in my sleep.
The kinks started everything for the future of rock when they played really got me
This sounds like the theme song to some cheesy 1995 TV show about cars, featuring mid-50 year old men who wear teal coloured golf shirts, with knee high shorts and white running shoes, who tour around in the 'coolest' sports cars blasting generic 'rock n roll'.
outstanding song
If anyone knows a Kinks song that is as good as this one, please let me know. I know of about 4 of their songs and I think they have like 40 albums or something. This song is a masterpiece to me.
You should try their 60s hits. This one sounds a lot like their records from that time with an 80s sound. Here are some that i love: "where have all the good times gone" "till the end of the day" "i am not like everybody's else" "you really got me" "all of the day and all of night" "i need you" "tired of waiting for you"
BTW you should also try a song by australian band Hoodoo Gurus called "bittersweet". When i hear "do it again" i think about this one too.
20th Century Man, Jukebox Music, Lola, The Hard Way, Celluloid Heros, Sleepwalker, Victoria -- to name a few.
Destroyer is a good song
Actually, one of my fave Kinks albums.
Can you recommend other Kinks songs that are most similar to this one? I think this song is a masterpiece. Their catalog is so huge and I barely have enough time to listen to this song. :(
@mikedoesseo 1st. Listen to thia whole album, it is very good. Try ( Destroyer ) good hard song.
Thank you for that tip! Listen to the album this song is on? Word of Mouth?
Hard day's night intro note.
1984 I was 14 and was much more optimistic than I am today.
I was 12 feeling the same way.
Love the kinks Saw then in 85 at the Greek Theatre. Great show
A great Kinks song is always life affirming. Ray, how you do dat?
Can you recommend other Kinks songs that are as catchy and amazing as this one? More Do It Again than Living On A Thin Line you know? I think this song is a masterpiece I love it! Their catalog is just too big for a busy guy like me to comb through. :(
"Well.., the days go by and you wish you were a different guy: different friends and a new set of clothes.
You make alterations that are affecting your pose.
A new house.
A new car.
A new job.
A new nose!
But it's superficial and it's only skin deep
because the voices in your head,
they'll keep you shouting in your sleep!
Well.. Get Back!!!"
You make alterations and affect a new pose
Intelligent lyrics clean guitar no not green day
Mr Regular sent me here (I think)
This song is so badass. The Kinks are so badass.
Thanks for posting. I think this one came out in 1984.
Do it again. I still do.
mesaage to the Kinks. Reunited while you are still alive and come to Mexico and the world
Don't do it again!
Sounds like Walking Contradiction
I know this came first.
Oh ho, what's this? A tape player! Special Request! Crank it up, it's the Kinks!
Max headroom
do as i say not as- oh wait wrong song
This song is................
rare rock tune that you don't hear on clear channel monopolized crap radio today who force feeds us bon Jovi and journey until we want to puke!!!!😎
They sometimes have acdc...
Can't forget U2, Queen, and Aerosmith
Bon Jovi is good dude
This is such a great fucking song.
at least the crackhead are happy rocky thinks
I know right! Do either of you guys know of other Kinks songs that are as catchy and amazing as this one? Their catalog is just too big for a busy person to comb through!
Yes it is a great song fully agree
@mikedoesseo I love all their albums, but if you're looking for stuff like this, check out the whole Word of Mouth album.
The compilation Come Dancing with The Kinks is also really great.
My jaw physically dropped as i heard walking contradiction 😞😂
Yeah I read it was similar and waited to hear something. Then Walking Contradiction just started playing 50 seconds in.
Yeah, to think that Green Day weren't big Kinks fans is naive at best. You can hear a heavy Kinks influence in a lot of their stuff.
Green Day are big fans of The Kinks and The Who
somehow this nugget from the '80s popped into my head while watching a vid on the jfk assassination.
weird...wild. good stroll down memory lane....
Eric good one
LINCOLN TOWN CARRR
Aurora Borealis woah hoo welcome back to 98.3 THE BEER BELLY.
entered Billboard Dec 22, 1984 ..reached #41
Me and my hubby are back where we started!
neat song I liked a lot when it came out.
be cool if this was included on state of confusion
*teste*
Do as I say, not as I do, because the shit's so deep you can't run away
LOVE how they use the opening chord to A Hard Day's Night!!!
Great band - nice music
This great song featured on MAX HEADROOM.I think it did,as the Cults she sells sanctuary....two amazing songs.Peace,love,joy.
Elbisivni Nam... A year later and it was MAX HEADROOM.
forgot the great tunes from the 80's from this great band.
what most of you don't know I's this band was round way before the Beatles
Was the 80's their sweet spot?
that year (83) my mom got a new car new house new job and a new nose...this was HER SONG!!!!!
My favourite part of the song.
I thought the song came out in 84
please....what new car did she get? the 80's weren't all that great except for reagan, swatch watches, hyper color shirts, and mullets. (prolly wasn't the NOSE that was new)
Dave and ray !do it again,please! Put the band back together.
They hate each other, mate.
Yes, they've hated each other for for most of their existence. Although, Ray has said that he is up for it if they can do new stuff. Dave has come around a bit on the idea recently, but his health has been an issue. Here's hoping for one more!
Both of them??LOL...2 thumbs that is....not even worth commenting on. Great classic Kinks!
Love the people who give the thumbs down. Why bother wasting your time coming here. Great song no doubt
I love the Kinks, but I can understand why anyone might give it the thumbs down, they could well be Kinks fans who don't like this particular song rather than trolls or haters.
People who hate themselves like to hate things for no reason.
this is a great song! the kinks rock!!
I love the allusion to the Kinks reverting to their early 70's sound in this song with the phrase, "Do it again"
YES...I call it pissing on other people's parade...
sorta sounds like Island In The Sun from weezer.
+Andrew Mesa Gaming - Andrew...Andrew...Andrew....Weezer formed as a band in 1992. "Do It Again," by The Kinks was released in 1985. So how could The Kinks song possibly sound like Weezer's song "Island In the Sun?" If it does, it's obviously a rip-off of "Do It Again," by The Kinks -- since the Kinks tune is seven years older than Weezer itself. (I forgive you Andrew. Happens often here on YouTube -- people don't check the stats or the years something was originally published).
+John LaStrada okay sorry about that
John LaStrada
1984
Green Day was totally inspired by this
Hahaha sounds like walking contradiction like greenday in chorus
Richard Peralta
You know this came first, right?
dont think he does
Do it again 0:00
I got here thanks to "Click". Thanks, Mr. Sandler.
The best of the best
Walking Contradiction
@WinterofAshes This was WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-
**20 million years later...**
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY before Insomniac.
@GlockProductions ™ I know, just pointing out Green Day's "borrowing".
Hall of Fame rockerws