In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)

In the year 2525 If man is still alive If woman can survive They may find In the year 3535 Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lies Everything you think, do, and say Is in the pill you took today In the year 4545 Ain't gonna need your teeth; won't need your eyes You won't find a thing to chew Nobody's gonna look at you In the year 5555 Your arms are hanging limp at your sides Your legs got nothing to do Some machine's doing that for you In the year 6565 Ain't gonna need no husband; won't need no wife You'll pick your son, pick your daughter, too From the bottom of a long glass tube In the year 7510 If God's a-comin', he oughta make it by then Maybe he'll look around Himself and say Guess it's time for the Judgment day In the year 8510 God is gonna shake His mighty head He'll either say, "I'm pleased where man has been" Or tear it down and start again In the year 9595 I'm kinda wonderin' if man is gonna be alive He's taken everything this old Earth can give And he ain't put back nothin' Now it's been ten thousand years Man has cried a billion tears For what he never knew Now, man's reign is through But through eternal night The twinkling of starlight So very far away Maybe, it's only yesterday In the year 2525 If man is still alive If woman can survive They may thrive In the year 3535 Ain't gonna need to tell the truth...