Like A Long Time Ago

Like A Long Time Ago

Remember those days of the freaks and the squares

hearts in the clouds and flowers in your hair

testing ideals that were raised in the dorms

questioning rights of the established norms

challenging all who refused to believe

there was any way other than those of authority

which cloaked all the truth and fed you on lies

and ask you be silent and cover your eyes

and when you rose up they would not understand

and when you dropped out they would lift up their hands

and scold you for throwing your chances away

like mud in their faces – now those were the days

Remember the ideals the dreams and the goals

away with those antiquated values and roles

away with the arms race – stop all the wars

the only thing worth fighting for was the cause

your right to freedom – free to be free

your right to undisputed equality

for women and gays, black man or white

freedom to demand your true civil rights

to practise your love and peace – expand your mind

alter your consiousness, yourself to find

respect for the earth and all of the garden

to listen to Gaia and beg for her pardon

Remember the heroes, the ones who spoke out

the ones who dared stand up, the ones who dared shout

remember the fallen killed by our own

as well as those tragic souls far from their homes

remember the battlegrounds of Birmingham and Chicago

Jackson state, Madison, Kent state Ohio

the cries and the blood flowed over to europe

and from London to Prague the young they all stood up

And remember san francisco, the gathering of tribes, 

the summer of love, the vision and the vibes

the human be-ins, the robes and the beads, 

and the music and dancing that coloured the streets

and remember the weekend that captured it all  

 and the 500 000 who answered the call

And took to the road to join woodstock nation  

 and bathe Yasgurs fields in peace and celebration

and remember the poets the minstrels and bards, 

who wrote for your souls and sang for your hearts

and gave you the music that could never lie, 

and carried your legacy through years gone by

Through a world rearranging –

 for the times were a changing...

Far as it seems now

What does it mean now 

Where are the dreams now

It's like a long time ago, like a long time ago – like a long time...