Tiresome Times

I always dread to Open the news each day But I still won't turn away Repeating problems Yet every yesterday Followed by little progress made If you exchange your heart for money It ain't gonna beat what's right Tiresome times... Tiresome times... Sometimes I step back Take a different guise Try to see it with fresh eyes But the cold truth Ruins every view Within moments of sight If you exchange your time for money It's gonna spend your life Tiresome times... Tiresome times... Freeze the factories Break the banks Shed the fur coats from the rats Fire the phonies Trash the tanks Feel the strain roll off our backs The few are able to decide Which of us will make it through the night Is that right? To even ask you seems impolite Insulting even, I think we've had enough Don't you? Sometimes I feel trapped On a frantic ride Where we are carried by the tide And we must float Keep us all alive Not a moment to realise If you exchange morals for money It's gonna cost a life Tiresome times... Tiresome times... Freeze the factories Break the banks Shed the fur coats from the rats Fire the phonies Trash the tanks Feel the strain roll off our backs The words of Lennon Enjoyed but ignored Did we imagine, do no more? And Martin Luther Turned dreams to fairer laws Yet we would sleep walk to civil war If you exchange your home for money It's gonna be your last goodbye Tiresome times... Tiresome times... Great human beings People like Susan B Rallied against adversity And now we've Greta Wisdom beyond her teens But will we match her and take heed? If you exchange the script be honest We're here to nurture life There's still time... There's still time... Surely we all know the answer already?