I see the longing in your eyes You always were the dreaming child This house is old and torn apart It holds no future, has no heart The world is changing every day But here they cling to their own ways They taunt you with their cruel tongues On you their callous jokes are hung So much in you that I can sense You hate them for their ignorance I hate them for the ties that bind Your freedom with their narrow minds You'll only suffer if you stay These cold grey walls will have their way I beg of you to free your mind And leave this sinking ship behind It's in the past, they'll always leave A crumbling future up ahead And years of grief and bitter tears I tell you that there's nothing here There's nothing here, you don't belong You must escape while you're still young The path for you is bright and clear I tell you boy there's nothing here The colours run so deep out there Find joy to trade for this despair Go seek the wonders of the stage Of music and the printed page This century is moving faster Share the joke and hear the laughter Find precious bodies for your bed And chase the dreams inside your head Knowledge waits for thirsty minds Beyond these peasant Philistines Whose world revolves around horse and cart Who belch and jeer, and curse the odds The time is now I beg of you Cast off the old embrace the new Drink deep the life and love my son And damn this house to kingdom come
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