It's A Different World Now

To make the world a better place like dreamers often will

We left our bed of roses to push that rock up hill

The way we went about our task proved destined for to fail

Who we thought we were, don't ask, there's no way you can tell

It's a different world now, to say the least

The sun comes up from in the west and sets down in the east

The stars are out there shining, but just where we cannot say

It's a different world now, like night and day

In the name of self-defense, we built bombs to prove a point

And we drop them on our neighbors when their nose got out of joint

To sell the same hamburger, rain forests had to go

Hell, we don't need no air to breathe, but just don't tell us no

It's a different world now, without a doubt

The raindrops fall to heaven and the tides go rolling out

The rivers flow like powdered milk and the wind blows with a wheeze

It's a different world now, there are no trees

I take a look around, and I see ice caps in your eyes

Desert where the swamp should be, cold black canvas skies

I take a look around, and I see crossbones on a rose

How we let this come to be? Seems no one really knows

In life's rich beauty pageant, we put children on a stage

Said, "Flash your soft white belly child, but just don't act your age"

Sell sex like cotton candy to young and old alike

When you've outlived the fantasy, girl, you can take a hike

It's a different world now, but what to do?

We had our 15 minutes, and we blew it right on cue

We used up mother nature like a 20 dollar whore

It's a different world now, there ain't no more