Anthem for the Year 2000 - Silverchair

What will this old world be like In the year two thousand How old do you think you'll be In the year two thousand Will there still, still be wars I hope and pray They will cease to be Look at the time We've wanted This is one of the things That's got the world In such a mess What will this old world be like In the year two thousand How old do you think you'll be In the year two thousand Will people still Still be starving to death I know there's enough Food here for every man Woman, boy and girl Will there be the save Kind of people Who call themselves Rulers of the world What will this old world be like In the year two thousand How old do you think you'll be In the year two thousand.

So this is the new year And I don't feel any different The clanking of crystal Explosions off in the distance In the distance So this is the new year And I have no resolutions For self assigned penance For problems with easy solutions So everybody put your best suit or dress on Let's make believe that we are wealthy for just this once Lighting firecrackers off on the front lawn As thirty dialogs bleed into one I wish the world was flat like the old days Then I could travel just by holding a map No more airplanes or speed trains or freeways There'd be no distance that could hold us back There'd be no distance that could hold us back There'd be no distance that could hold us back So this is the new year So this is the new year So this is the new year So this is the new year

I can hardly bare the sight of lipstick On the cigarettes there in the ashtray Lyin' cold the way you left them But at least your lips caressed them while you packed And a lip print on a half-filled cup of coffee That you poured and didn't drink But at least you thought you wanted it That's so much more than I can say for me It's been a good year for the roses Many blooms still linger there The lawn could stand another mowin' Funny, I don't even care When you turned and walked away And as the door behind you closes The only thing I know to say It's been a good year for the roses After three full years of marriage It's the first time that you haven't made the bed I guess the reason we're not talkin' There's so little left to say, we haven't said While a million thoughts go racin' through my mind I find I haven't spoke a word And from the bedroom those familiar sounds Of our one baby's cryin' goes unheard But what a good year for the roses Many blooms still linger there The lawn could stand another mowin' Funny, I don't even care When you turned and walked away And as the door behind you closes The only thing I know to say It's been a good year for the roses