Hicks may refer to:
William Melvin "Bill" Hicks (December 16, 1961 – February 26, 1994) was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist, and musician. His material largely consisted of general discussions about society, religion, politics, philosophy, and personal issues. Hicks' material was often controversial and steeped in dark comedy. In both his stand-up performances and during interviews, he often criticized consumerism, superficiality, mediocrity, and banality within the media and popular culture, describing them as oppressive tools of the ruling class, meant to "keep people stupid and apathetic".
Hicks was 16 years old when he started performing stand-up comedy at the Comedy Workshop in Houston, Texas, in 1978. During the 1980s he toured the United States extensively and performed a number of high profile television appearances. It was in the UK, however, where Hicks first amassed a significant fan base, packing large venues with his 1991 tour. Hicks died of pancreatic cancer in 1994 at the age of 32. In the years after his death, his work and legacy achieved acclaim in creative circles. In 2007 he was voted the fourth-greatest stand-up comic on the UK's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups on Channel 4, and appeared again in the updated 2010 list as the fourth-greatest comic.
She wakes up early every morning
She get up long before the sunshine
Greets the milkman who's still yawning
And reads the paper for a short time
Calls the kids 'Get out of bed'
They never hear a word she says
Husband stands to leave the table
She says 'I hope you have a good day'
He thinks 'One day soon as I'm able
I'll get a job where I get good pay.'
They find it hard to make ends meet
But they don't mention it because they have each other
An love is free while they're supposed to be ...
Too young to be married
Too young to be free
Too young to be married
But what could they do, they were going to have a baby
After the kids have had their breakfast
Now they're off to get some schooling
She cleans the house and makes the beds
She starts to dreams but knows she's fooling
She swears one day she'll stay in bed
but for now she knows she's got to keep on working
'Cos round and round inside her head
She hears the words her mother said ...
chorus
Too young to be married
Too young to be free
Too young to be married
But what could they do?
(Hicks)
Well there's them that do and them that don't
Them that will and them that won't
I've been trying to get you for a long time
For a long time
When our eyes meet at each different place
How I got to know your face
Think that I have loved you for a long time
For a long time
Lady please I'm not a man of many words you see
If you lie with me, you won't sleep
Lady please if in the future there's some other man
I will understand and I won't weep
As our bodies fill my lonely room
A room that once was filled with gloom
Know that I will love you for a long time
For a long time
For a long time
chorus
As the morning sun lights up our bed
You are there to stroke my head
Know I'm going to love you for a long time
For a long time
Lady please
Lady please
Lady please
(Hicks)
Just like a top the world goes spinning round
Nobody knows what's going on I've found
Even from Jerusalem to old Japan
Nobody seems to have a definite, definite plan
Must be a peaceful way for us to go
Even the simplest of man must know
The situation's getting worse and worse
One day the bubble's gonna burst
But don't be frightened lady
We will never let them take your boy to war
No don't be frightened lady
We will never ever go to war no more
Why don't they finish it all
We are only people and we're terribly small
Why don't they finish it all
Do they think that people don't mean nothing, nothing at all
chorus
Students are marching now in every land
They won't be shifted just like grains of sand
If we don't get together pretty soon
We'll do the same thing on the moon
She goes away for a couple of days
So you phone a few number you fancy a change
You say you'll miss her but deep down inside
There are thoughts of another girl waiting somewhere for you
She's been away now a couple of days
The affairs weren't so good so you're mending your ways
You realize that there's nobody else who can do
What she does for you, you tell yourself don't be a fool
Don't let her go chase as hard as you can
Or you'll be the loser
Swallow your pride you can still be a man
She'll never refuse you
She deserved to be loved
She wants to love you
If you went away
You know she'd be true, yes you do
Baby, I was lonely, still love you only
But I was a bad boy
Know you couldn't see me, thought you'd never leave me
So I was bad boy
Even though I'm trying, there is no denying
I am just a bad boy
Met a little baby, thought she was a lady
Still I was a bad boy
She gives me everything a girl's supposed to do
She gives me everything still I can't be true
She gives me everything
She gives me everything, ooh
Going off to different places
All I see is different faces
I love them all but not like you
She deserves to be loved, she wants to love you
If you went away you know she'd be true, yes you do
She deserves to be loved
Yes, she does, you know she does
She deserves to be loved
Even if she goes away
She deserves to be loved
No one else can take her place
She deserves to be loved
You'll be the loser if you let her go
She deserves to be loved
She gives you everything a girl's supposed to do
She deserves to be loved
You love them all but she's the one for you
She deserves to be loved
Yes she does, you know she does
She deserves to be loved
Even if she goes away
She deserves to be loved
(Hicks)
She looks from side to side
The tear drops fill her eyes
As once again she hears the sound of shouting
turns to the window pane
Funny there's rain again
Inside her head she hears the sound of shouting
They are fighting again
All she feels is cold and pain
She don't know whose side to take
Mother's or Father's
She can't know that soon they'll part
That they broke each other's heart
They are breaking up, but she don't understand it
She leaves the room in fright
Each time they start to fight
She runs up to her bed
But there's no sleeping
Clings to her teddy bear
But even teddy bear can't stop her weeping
Little girl dry your eyes
Your Ma and Pa one day will put you wise
Little girl don't you cry
You'll understand what happened by and by
verse 2
(Hicks)
If a foolish fool like me
can read you easily
then something must be wrong
Something's different when we speak
It seems the past few weeks
our love's not been so strong
Lovers have always had this problem
Ask anyone, you'll see
We've got to hang on til it passes
Don't give up easily
If we say what's on our minds,
we'd save a lot of time
Don't give up easily
I know you're feeling bad
Sometimes I make you sad
But when you're feeling sad,
I'm feeling just as bad
During the good times it's so easy
You are in love like me
Sometimes we feel we want to leave it
Don't give up easily
If we say what's on our minds,
we'd save a lot of time
Don't give up easily
Ask anyone, you'll see
They'll say the same as me