Birds Against the Glass

As a girl she had a dream that she was gonna leave her house And find a man who shared her love and shared her thoughts Together they would roam across the forty-eight and spend the money they had saved With fellow gypsy people they would learn to live again and dance the night away Ridin' the new wave So she packed her car up tight and headed for the southern states And found a man she kinda liked but he never treated her right With money running low they built a house that they could never clean He promised her that he would change He promised her that they would build a scene Just like she dreamed But the man was a boy And the bank loan was a ploy In a world like this we burn and crash Just like birds against the glass Once there was a summer filled with love and everybody's consciousness was being guided from above And it was clear that there was power in the people and if people carried flowers The intention would stay good and plain And so he made a promise that he'd never change the hippie he became But the clouds kept rollin in, the baby boomers giving in To mass appeal and government but he said they would never win The country was a mess before but free love seemed to change the war And he saw no difference if we could just elect the right president Maybe people would get it But now he keeps a tank full of gas Oh, just to save his own ass In a world like this we burn and crash Just like birds against the glass Oh, will we stay where we last? Oh, this too shall pass In a world like this we burn and crash just like birds against