when are we going to change?

when are we going to live and let be?

when are we going to see

it isn't them, it's you and me;

nobody else can set us free.

when are we going to learn?

what will it take for you and me

to follow the path and find the key

to live here in peace eternally

when are we going to change?

when are we going to change?

when are we going to change?

when will we see not black and white,

but all of the colours shining so bright?

when will we see the light?

as easy to tell the day from the night.

it's easy to see what's wrong from what's right.

so when are we going to learn?

why do we follow helplessly

leaders so blind? why must we be

lemmings who rush into the sea?

when are we going to learn?

when are we going to learn?

when are we going to change

when will we see what we must know

we always reap what we sow

we plant all the seeds and watch them grow

we're moving in faith and still don't know

when we are going to change

INSTRUMENTAL VERSE

i know we're going to change

i know one day we'll live in peace

and will we finally to see

there is no "them", just you and me;

nobody else can set us free.

and we are going to learn

and we are going to see

and we are going to change

november 5, 2005

words and music by james lee stanley