Counting Up To Twenty

The road we travel on

Has never been the one of least resistance

We've made it through the years

The agony and tears by sheer persistence

To the edge of a brave new world

Counting up to twenty

Has been difficult for some

But as we learn to count to twenty

Should be easy to get to twenty-one

A hundred years ago

We really start to show off our invention

We acquired the clout

To take each other out was our intention

It's amazing we're all still here

Counting up to twenty

Has been difficult for some

But as we learn to count to twenty

Should be easy (should be easy) to get to twenty-one

Call me a fool but I'm a fool with a heart

I'm an optimistic man

I believe we can make it

Though I don't always sleep at night

Waiting for the light to come and wake me

My thoughts are with the young

They must be the ones to come save me

We just have to let them breathe

Counting up to twenty

Could be difficult for some

But if we help them count to twenty

Should be easy (easy, easy) to get to twenty-one