Young people today We struggle to pay our way Young people today Can't stop to hear the voice that says Your lust for money's wrong, it's Filled your veins with economics And now your body pumps bad blood I'd pass a lifetime telling How bland this sense can get But you're not mad enough just yet
I planned to save my time for good But once when I was reaching for my wallet I drew my heart out from an inside pocket And spent my life before I'd understood
You found out today Those steps were to a drum called hate We're learning today New ways that we can pull our weight We sense our strengths and powers Slip from us with the passing hours And still the clock ticks on the wall I'd pass a lifetime telling How pulses cheat the years But in this square-dance would you hear?
I planned to save my time for good But once when I was reaching for my wallet I drew my heart out from an inside pocket And spent my life before I'd understood
We're speeding today In vehicles built for cut and thrust A long winding way Down streets they've renamed Love and Trust But their words in our ears Can't shake the truth we share It's made us older than our years I'd pass a lifetime telling How landscape's built on lies If only you'd believe my eyes
Together today our bodies share an earthly use It's touching you say We've only being alone to lose Then in each other's arms we Make time that takes us out of harm's way That's how our blood spins round till day We'll pass our night-time telling The gaps they've yet to fill We've got our hearts And time to kill
Young people today our love is the death The death of the mistake!
It's time to save our time for good ! It's time to show we've understood !
On this day we come of age And from this day we take our lives In our own hands In our own time Together we can build a home from hope