It's a Different World

Do you remember when we all respected
Scientists and experts
Educated and enlightened
Most of us hoped to become

But these days people thrive on rumor
Innuendo, hearsay, gossip
And they seem to be content
To be deaf and blind and dumb

It's a different world that we live in now
It's a different place, my friend
Everything is changed, I don't know how
Will we ever be the same again

It's a different world that we live in, son
Forget about the past
Because the Age of Reason's almost done
And the light in people's eyes is fading fast

We need more truth and less lies
We don't need smoke blown in our eyes
We need more empathy, not spite
We need less darkness and more light

We don't need tellers of tall tales
We need cool heads to prevail
We don't really need a lot
But we deserve better than we've got

It's a different world that we live in now
It's a different place, my friend
Everything is changed, I don't know how
Will we ever be the same again

It's a different world that we live in, son
Forget about the past
Because the Age of Reason's almost done
And the light in people's eyes is fading fast

It's a different world
It's a different world that we live in now
It's a different world that we live in now
Will we ever be the same again