Where We Came From.

Well the old will get older, the rich will get richer

and the young will get wiser, and then they'll forget

where they came from for a while

before you can remind them

you might think that they have forgotten

what happened a lifetime ago, when this state was rotten

right down to its bones, I hope we don't do the same again.

 

But we've been sold right down this river before so we know

surely this can't be the only way to go.

 

Well I've heard you all talking about the days

when the streets paved with gold were covered with waste

and the people with keys to the kingdom are like secret police

and to stand up for what was right and just

meant going on strike and biting the dust

while your fellow man is lining his pockets with your dreams

 

And I pray that those days will never return

hoping this isn't the only day we will learn.

 

So we'll stand up now and we will take heart

from the decade that almost blew this country apart

and we'll learn from the lessons, if you're ready to teach

so we can all earn in equal compare

just what we deserve, and breathe the free air

of a country that can't be that far out of reach

 

And then the old will get older, the rich will get richer

and the young will get wiser, and then they'll forget

where they came from for a while

before we can remind them