Child Of Our Times

Take your first look around and see the world you're comin' into

Oh, have a good cry, I sympathize with you

Oh, forever gone is your serenity

For the fleein' fawn there's no sacred tree

They'll try to make hypocrisy your heredity

So, choose your views most carefully

The future's hope is on what you turn out to be

Child of our times, child of our times

Product of our society

Ah, what will you grow up to respect?

Tell me, what will you grow up to protect?

In your burnin', turnin' mind

You are your own worst enemy

Every minute you're alive you're that much closer to death

So, try to make the most of each precious breath

Ah, don't wave banners you don't believe parasite

You'll have to discover your own wrong and right

Just color your perspectives black and white

They'll label you weird, but that's alright

They'll thank you in the end after they've seen the light

Ah, child of our times, child of our times

Product of our society

Ah, what will you grow up to respect?

Tell me, what will you grow up to protect?

In your burnin', turnin' mind

You are your own worst enemy

Ah, the heroes of the past were all good guys

But the leaders of the next war no one will memorize

Only the orphan child will sound the cries

Of a mistake that could never be rectified

I'm tellin' you now 'cause you can stop it if you try

Ah, child of our times, child of our times

Product of our society

Yeah, what will you grow up to respect?

Tell me, what will you grow up to protect?

Ah, in your burnin', turnin' mind

You are your own worst enemy

Child of our times