Steppenwolf - The Ostrich - Текст песни

Words and music by John Kay


We'll call you when you're six years old

And drag you to the factory

To train your brain for eighteen years 

With promise of security

But then you're free 

And forty years you waste to chase the dollar sign

So you may die in Florida

At the pleasant age of sixty nine


The water's getting hard to drink

We've mangled up the country side

The air will choke you when you breathe

We're all committing suicide

But it's alright

It's progress folks keep pushin' till your body rots

Will strip the earth of all it's green 

And then divide her into parking lots


But there's nothing you and I can do

You and I are only two

What's right and wrong is hard to say

Forget about it for today

We'll stick our heads into the sand

Just pretend that all is grand

Then hope that everything turns out ok


You're free to speak your mind my friend

As long as you agree with me

Don't criticize the father land

Or those who shape your destiny

'Cause if you do 

You'll lose your job your mind and all the friends you knew

We'll send out all our boys in blue

They'll find a way to silence you


But there's nothing you and I can do

You and I are only two

What's right and wrong is hard to say

Forget about it for today

We'll stick our heads into the sand

Just pretend that all is grand

Then hope that everything turns out ok


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