Waltz for John and Mary - David Arnold

Tell me before I waltz out of your life Before turning my back on the past Forgive my impertinent behavior But how long do you think this pantomime can last? Tell me before I ride off in the sunset There's one thing I never got clear How can you claim you're our savior When those who oppose you are stepped on, or cut up Or simply disappear? Tell me before you get onto your bus Before joining the forgotten brigade How can one person, like me, say Alter the time-honored way the game is played? Tell me before you get onto your high horse Just what you expect me to do? I don't care what the bourgeoisie say I'm not in business for them But to give all my descamisado's A magical moment or two There is evil ever around Fundamental system of government Quite incidental So what are my chances of honest advances? I'd say low Better to win by admitting my sin Than to lose with a halo Tell me before I seek worthier pastures And thereby restore self-esteem How can you be so short-sighted To look never further than this week or next week To have no impossible dream? Allow me to help you slink off to the sidelines And mark your adieu with three cheers But first, tell me who'd be delighted If I said I'd take on the world's greatest problems From war to pollution, no hope of solution Even If I lived for one hundred years There is evil ever around Fundamental system of government Quite incidental So go, if you're able To somewhere unstable and stay there! Whip up your hate in some tattering state But not here, dear Is that clear, dear? Ohh, what I'd give for a hundred years But the physical interferes Every day more Oh, my creator What is the good Of the strongest heart In a body that's falling apart? A serious flaw I hope you know that

It's a dream, it's a dream And we're gonna rein it in Reap the rewards of what we've grown It's a team, it's a team I'm the keeper of the scene But I don't wanna play this part alone Keep a close watch on the good thing you found Clear out the cobwebs of the mind We can rise above, unwise and unkind Leave all the pettiness behind And all gold that glitters but it's mine It's a dream, it's a dream And we're gonna rein it in Reap the rewards of what we've grown It's a team, it's a team I'm the keeper of the scene But I don't wanna play this part alone Decades in, you wake up all in a daze Yet all of the goals so far away Time's a thief, a hardened act to defeat But we're built to last and run the course This one's for the team, this one is yours It's a dream, it's a dream And we're gonna rein it in Reap the rewards of what we've grown It's a team, it's a team I'm the keeper of the scene But I don't wanna play this part alone It's a dream, it's a dream And we're gonna reign it in Reap the rewards of what we've grown It's a team, it's a team I'm the keeper of the scene But I don't wanna play this part alone It's a dream, it's a dream Hey, man, we gonna reign it in Reap the rewards of what we've grown It's a team, it's a team I'm the keeper of the scene But I don't wanna play this part alone There's no one coming home tonight I'm out here on my own tonight It might be a bumpy ride But we're still here by your side