Before You Go

Phone calls from a foreign country Rich kids asking for money Newsflash that the summer's ending Are they looking out for you and me? Fallout in the plastic ocean While you're putting on your tannin' lotion Holiday while the beach is burnin' Are they looking out for you and me? Are they looking out for you and me? Days ahead Hangin' round for better things Wake the dead Any kind of song you sing Before you go here's all those things you always wanted Sit alone in an empty theater Now you see it all much clearer A sad film with a happy ending Are they looking out for you and me? Silent prayers and words of guidance Finding peace in a local riot Stay at home, have it all delivered Are they looking out for you and me? Are they looking out for you and me? Days ahead Hangin' round for better things Wake the dead Any kind of song you sing Here we go Now from the past into the future Every night when the sun goes down Hear that high and lonesome sound Raise a glass for the poor and broken Lonely faces still enduring Days ahead Hangin' round for better things Wake the dead Any kinda song you sing Days ahead Hanging on for better things Before you go Here's all those things you always wanted Before you go