21st Century World
It Ain't Cool
Charade
You ain’t got no inhibitions
You do just what you want to do
Bend the rules and you take positions
There ain’t nobody goin’ to mess around with you
You were built for discovery
Every little thing is all brand new
You want it all and you’re in a hurry
Got places to go and lots of things you need to prove
It’s your world now
You got plenty of time for spinning ‘round
Go ahead turn it all upside down
Cause it’s your world now
Your tanks been filled with optimism
Your head and heart well it ain’t been jaded yet
But you’ll find out if you just keep living
Everything you want just ain’t so easy to get
It’s your world now
You got plenty of time for spinning ‘round
Go ahead turn it all upside down
Cause it’s your world now
Will you find a way to stop the killing
Will you find a cure for the disease
Put an end to the ugliness of war
Create a world where we all can live in peace
Can you make it better, make it better, make us better
On your shoulders there’s the mountain of tomorrow
In the corner there’s a pair of worn out shoes
There’s a book of rules on a shelf that you can borrow
There’s an old man waiting to pass the torch to you
It’s your world now
You got plenty of time for spinning ‘round
Go ahead turn it all upside down
Cause it’s your world now
It Ain't Cool
Politicians serving the wrong masters
Greed is gonna bring capitalism down
Brought to the brink of the ever after
By imposters to the throne who ain’t got no crown
It’s a selfish society
Where the almighty dollar buys the rules
That’s not the way that it was conceived
And it ain’t cool…it just ain’t cool
Too many living in a tent city
They got no job and they got no home
On the other side of town the grass is green and pretty
Drowning in the water of the overflow
It’s a culture built on all about me
Where they just don’t care too much about you
That’s not the way it’s supposed to be
It ain’t cool…it just ain’t cool
It really doesn’t matter how you slice it up
Too many people ain’t got enough
It really doesn’t matter what side you’re on
It’s easy to see so much is going wrong
And it ain’t cool, it ain’t cool, it just ain’t cool
The teachers of our children are all underpaid
The union makes it easy for the bad to stay
Art is disappearing from our education
Creates a dumbed down cultureless generation
The voice of the people shouts in a vacuum
You can hear the echoes of their hollow screams
If you take a good whiff you can smell surrender
In a land that was born of impossible dreams
It’s a strange twist of analysis
A shortsighted view of a blind mans truth
It’s got the bitter taste of a Judas kiss
And it ain’t cool…it just ain’t cool
And it ain’t cool…it ain’t cool…it just ain’t
It really doesn’t matter how you slice it up
Too many people ain’t got enough
It ain;t cool
It really doesn’t matter what side you’re on
It’s easy to see things are going wrong
It ain’t cool…ooh, ooh…it ain’t cool
Charade
It's all fair game
There ain't nothing sacred
You ride the train
Don't wanna miss it at the station
Make every sacrifice
There ain't nothing that's too shameless
Ain’t no cost, what's the price
When everyone goes blameless
That's the sad reality
To the victor goes the spoils
Good and bad as it can be
21st century world
You like the shine
Your Instagram is bringing
Does it turn you blind
To the messages you're sending
Put it all out on display
So desperate for attention
But there's so much you give away
To the glorious deception
That's the sad reality
To the victor goes the spoils
Good and bad as it can be
The 21st century world
The art of manipulation
The silent transformation
The mystery of permanence and change
So many contradictions
Seduce our weaker nature
As we aimlessly go on with the charade ...
The charade...
True Believer
Holy gets up early
He puts on his clothes
All white and pearly
From his head to his toes
And he wears his religion
Like a sign on his back
He's a man on a mission
With a plan of attack
He's a true believer
He's working for his God
And there's never any taxes
In the mercy of the Lord
He's got himself a savior
He's a sinner not a saint
He's prone to bad behavior
With a smile on his face
He'll love you like a brother
Till he thinks you've done him wrong
Then he'll erase you from the picture
With forgiveness you'll be gone
Yeah he's a true believer
With the good book and a gun
And it’s all about his ministry
Let no man be the judge
When push comes to shove
If you don't know how to love
When love's not the easy thing to do
Then there's just not enough Jesus in you
Locked up in a bubble
You see through cloudy eyes
It's not hard to get in trouble
With a small world narrow mind
Life's not at a standstill
And you can't stem the tide
We're spiraling off to somewhere
You can't turn back time
But he's a true believer
In pick and choose your truth
And miss the greater meaning
Of how to act and what you do
When push comes to shove
If you don't know how to love
When love's is the hard thing to do
Then there's just not enough Jesus in you