I Told My Father I Wanted To

In The End, They Traded Their Tired Wings For The Resignation That Living Brings. And Exchanged Love's Bright And Fragile Glow For The Glitter And The Rouge, And In The Moment They Were Swept Before The Deluge.

Talk About Celestial Bodies.

You've Had To Struggle, You've Had To Fight To Keep Understanding And Compassion In Sight You Could Be Laughing At Me, You've Got The Right But You Go On Smiling So Clear And So Bright

The Kid I Was When I First Left Home Was Looking For His Freedom And A Life Of His Own But The Freedom That He Found Wasn't Quite As Sweet When The Truth Was Known I Have Prayed For America I Was Made For America I Can't Let Go Till She Comes Around Until The Land Of The Free Is Awake And Can See And Until Her Conscience Has Been Found.

You Can Take As Much As You Can From The Generation That Has Preceded You, But Then It's Up To You To Make Something New.