Children and Their Playthings Lyrics

The stage is going dark on all the children and their playthings

Their gluttonous sated ways have made them lazy and aloof

Standing in the spotlight of their deeds and aspirations

I try to warn my neighbors, they keep asking me for proof

Time rolls on relentless through their cities and their towns

Bridges, dams, and highways falling apart

Common sense like an alien life force rarely seen

The time is now for changing, but the changes never start

Spiritualism is alive or so they tell me when I ask

But only at a profit, it seems to be

You can't read the holy Bible, the Torah, or Koran

Without some smart-ass marketing genius getting a fee

I remember growing up and hearing prophets of love and peace

Telling me to leave my worldly ways behind

Now it seems those prophets are preaching another creed

That material goods, and self indulgence, bring you peace of mind

Temptation, jealousy, fear, deceit and paranoid superstition

Have led us down this hopeless concrete road

Parting men from empathy, support, and sacred visions

Had I known where this was going, I would have never grown this old

The night once dark is lighter now, the mutual funds have died

The good witch now anoints the baby's head

Those once subjugated stand on rooftops in the light

It's as if I've started living or perhaps I'm finally dead

The stage is going dark on all the children and their playthings

Their gluttonous sated ways have made them lazy and aloof

Standing in the spotlight of their deeds and aspirations

I try to warn my neighbors, they keep asking me for proof