World Machine - Level 42

Some folks try

To multiply

From sunrise to sunset

Leave behind

More of their kind

So no one will forget

But that ain’t where I’m coming from — today

Those easy girls don’t turn me on — anyway

I wanna know where my pride has gone

The party’s over

Caught in a dream

Inside this world machine

Teachers teach

And preachers preach

Of spiritual evolution

But this big I am From uncle sham

Just adds to my confusion

I’ve seen his face, I’ve heard his song — before

But I don’t care what time he’s on — anymore

I must have been on the streets too long

The party’s over

Caught in a dream

Inside this world machine

I find myself outside your door

Trying to make it like before

But you don’t follow what I say

And I can tell by your smile

You’re no longer a child

That part of you was buried yesterday. ..

.. . who knows

Why they come and where they go In this world machine?

It’s the chosen fools

Who make the rules

That don’t apply to me With their fast-car games

And counter claims

Not my reality

And I don’t know if I belong — today

I don’t know why my friends have gone — away

I must have been on the streets too long

The party’s over

Caught in a dream

Inside this world machine

(don't knock the system — we’ll knock some sense in you

Don’t beat the system — there’s nothing you can do)