World Machine - Level 42, Shep Pettibone

Some folks try

To multiply

From sunrise to sunset

Leave behind

More of their kind

So no one will forget

But that ain’t where I’m coming from — today

Those easy girls don’t turn me on — anyway

I wanna know where my pride has gone

The party’s over

Caught in a dream

Inside this world machine

Teachers teach

And preachers preach

Of spiritual evolution

But this big I am

From uncle sham

Just adds to my confusion

I’ve seen his face, I’ve heard his song — before

But I don’t care what time he’s on — anymore

I must have been on the streets too long

The party’s over

Caught in a dream

Inside this world machine

I find myself outside your door

Trying to make it like before

But you don’t follow what I say

And I can tell by your smile

You’re no longer a child

That part of you was buried yesterday …

… who knows

Why they come and where they go

In this world machine?

It’s the chosen fools

Who make the rules

That don’t apply to me

With their fast-car games

And counter claims

Not my reality

And I don’t know if I belong — today

I don’t know why my friends have gone — away

I must have been on the streets too long

The party’s over

Caught in a dream

Inside this world machine

(don't knock the system — we’ll knock some sense in you

Don’t beat the system — there’s nothing you can do)