《I asked when》歌词

[00:00:01] Artist：brett dennen

[00:00:02] Songs Title：i asked when

[00:00:24] Well i dreamed i went out a wanderin'

[00:00:29] I heard promises become fables forgotten

[00:00:34] I saw bridges stretchin' out across the water

[00:00:41] And towers pushing taller

[00:00:45] I knew my reality was clearly defined

[00:00:51] By the fences put up around my mind

[00:00:56] I watched them thicken into walls over time

[00:01:01] Taller than any boarder line

[00:01:07] I saw civilizations deemed insignificant

[00:01:13] I saw people's history tatooed on their skin

[00:01:18] I saw families taken from their land

[00:01:25] Dynasties shattered and stolen

[00:01:30] And i asked when is a revolution

[00:01:41] I asked when is a revolution

[00:01:52] In all the burdens of centuries accrue

[00:01:59] That get passed along to every generation's youth

[00:02:03] And all the allegories told in lieu of truth

[00:02:09] I watched them grow wild and spread like the flu

[00:02:15] I saw the rise of an untamed industry

[00:02:20] I watched machines paint a paper economy

[00:02:26] I saw my own self stand right in front of me

[00:02:32] And i didn't do a thing

[00:02:38] I saw poisons pushed in the street

[00:02:43] And prescription pills mingling in the mezzanine

[00:02:48] With a whole host of wealth of doctors and pharmaceutical companies

[00:02:54] Still poor people were dying from disease

[00:03:00] And i asked when is a revolution

[00:03:11] I asked when is a revolution

[00:03:23] I asked when is a revolution

[00:03:35] I asked when is a revolution

[00:03:46] And i broke down at the break of dawn

[00:03:52] I saw new meaning in the clouds above the Pentagon

[00:03:58] As real as the hollocaust as stong as the Parthanon

[00:04:03] Visions of Sudan Iraq and Vietnam

[00:04:09] I stood silent upon a flooded levy

[00:04:15] And stared at the ruins of a merchant city

[00:04:21] And the president who came to dine with the noble elite

[00:04:26] He didnt do a thing

[00:04:32] I saw three ships come sailing in

[00:04:38] Through the passage of the CARIBBEAN

[00:04:44] I saw children coming home in coffins

[00:04:49] Millions marching on washington

[00:04:55] And i asked when is a revolution

[00:05:06] I asked when is a revolution

[00:05:17] I asked when when is a revolution

[00:05:29] I asked when is a revolution