STATUS QUO WOES By Tom Jensen
Too many buildings, not enough sky
Can't solve your problems
Until you stop the lies
What about the children?
They're the ones being sacrificed
Better to leave 'em alone in the wilderness
Than to raise them to be crucified
Got to make it better than this
Do more than just criticize
We're wasting away
A little more everyday
Sometimes the truth is in the mirror
Gazing back into your eyes
You see the picture becoming clearer
And you find a great big surprise...
So that's why you got to know
When to go with the flow
Keep the status quo
And then to know when to resist
Know when to raise a fist
When to cease and desist
And how to buy an alibi
Too many people to keep 'em all in line
Many better men and women
Than me have spent their lives tryin'
To either relive, rewrite,
Forget or regret history
Yet dying before finally finding
And sighing because no one answers
Keep on opening doors
Without knowing what's behind them
And I don't want to be another sheep
Being led to the slaughter
For I've learned through getting burned
That some people's priceless advice
Really is worth less than a quarter
You say you didn't know any better
It used to be the story of my life
Funny now how some things
Are more important
Than you first thought them...
As you can only aspire to fly higher
Once you've hit rock bottom
So that's why you've got to know
When to go with the flow
Keep the status quo
When to hope and pray for it
When to say it
Know when to resist
Know when to raise a fist
And when to cease and desist
When to let it roll right off of your shoulder
Or else when to get pissed
'Cause you know you can't live like this
Where you get just one shot
And you missed!
Too many obstacles
That you get sucked in by the tentacles
Keep on walking in circles
Keep on praying for miracles
Believing that you are spiritual
While searching for an oracle
Be it mental, physical, biblical or historical
Got to fight this feeling
Can't give in to all the lying and stealing
I've walked the dark path
Now show me to the light
Tired of all the low-down
Dirty double dealing
Sometimes men and women of virtue
Have got to stand up and fight
When we know that we're right
Can't simply close your eyes
Cut your ties and end this plight
Can't simply send it back
What has gone off track
Better fight for more
Than just your own life
Because this is like day and night
Can't flick a switch, can't turn off the light
Still have to face it in the morning...
The fire that still keeps on burning
But at least you're learning....
Yeah, you're still learning