RE MEM BER WHEN THE
DAYS WERE LONG
AND ROLLED BE NEATH
A DEEP BLUE SKY
DID N'T HAVE A CARE
IN THE WORLD
WITH MOM MY AND
DAD DY STAND IN' BY
BUT HAP PI LY E VER
AF TER FAILS
AND WE'VE BEEN POI SONED
BY THESE FAI RY TALES
THE LAW YERS DWELL
ON SMALL DE TAILS
SINCE DAD DY
HAD TO FLY
OH BUT I KNOW A PLACE
WHERE WE CAN GO
STILL UN TOUCHED
BY MEN
WE'LL SIT AND WATCH
THE CLOUDS ROLL BY
AND THE TALL GRASS
WAVES IN THE WIND
YOU CAN LAY YOUR HEAD
BACK ON THE GROUND
AND LET YOUR HAIR FALL
ALL AR OUND ME
OF FER UP YOUR
BEST DE FENSE
THIS IS THE END
THIS IS THE END OF
THE IN NO CENCE
O' BEAU TI FUL FOR
SPA CIOUS SKIES
BUT NOW THOSE SKIES
ARE THREAT EN ING
THEY'RE BEAT ING
PLOW SHARES
IN TO SWORDS
FOR THIS TIRED OLD MAN
THAT WE EL ECT ED KING
ARM CHAIR WAR RIORS
OF TEN FAIL
AND WE'VE BEEN POI SONED BY
THESE FAI RY TALES
THE LAW YERS CLEAN
UP ALL DE TAILS
SINCE DAD DY
HAD TO LIE
OH BUT I KNOW A PLACE
WHERE WE CAN GO
AND WASH A WAY
THIS SIN
WE'LL SIT AND WATCH
THE CLOUDS ROLL BY
AND THE TALL GRASS
WAVES IN THE WIND
JUST LAY YOUR HEAD
BACK ON THE GROUND
AND LET YOUR HAIR
SPILL ALL AR OUND ME
OF FER UP YOUR
BEST DE FENSE
BUT THIS IS THE END
THIS IS THE END OF
THE IN NO CENCE
WHO KNOWS HOW
LONG THIS WILL LAST
NOW WE'VE COME
SO FAR SO FAST
BUT SOME WHERE BACK
THERE IN THE DUST
THAT SAME SMALL
TOWN IN EACH OF US
I NEED TO
RE MEM BER THIS
SO BA BY GIVE ME
JUST ONE KISS
AND LET ME TAKE A
LONG LAST LOOK
BE FORE WE SAY
GOOD BYE
JUST LAY YOUR HEAD
BACK ON THE GROUND
AND LET YOUR HAIR
FALL ALL AR OUND ME
OF FER UP YOUR
BEST DE FENSE
BUT THIS IS THE END
THIS IS THE END OF
THE IN NO CENCE
OH MY MY