i shy away

I can’t sleep when I think about the times we’re living in,

I can’t sleep when I think about the future I was born into,

Outsiders dressed up like Sunday morning,

With no Berlin wall what the hell you gonna do.

It’s a New Year,

I’m glad to be here

It’s a fresh spring,

So let’s sing.

In 2080

I’ll surely be dead

So don’t look ahead,

Never look ahead

And the moon shines bright

On the water tonight

So we won’t drown

In the summer sound.

If you find me I’ll be sitting by the water fountain,

Picket signs, letdowns, meltdown it’s Monday morning

But it’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright

It’s alright,

Cause in no time, They’ll be gone I guess I’ll still be standing here.

Yeah Yeah we can all grab at the chance and be handsome farmers,

Yeah you can have twenty one sons and be blood when they marry my daughters,

And the pain that we left at the station will stay in a jar behind us.

We can pickle the pain into blue ribbon winners at county contests.

Yeasayer-2080

God, please have mercy on us

and let us reach the year 2080 with your blessing

and our changed attitude towards your planet.

Amen.