Bedtime Stories

I can't be held responsible
 for all the mistakes my parents made
 'cause it's their generation
 that has left us a nation
 of waste and complacenece and apathy
 I can't expect to follow the example of struggle my parents gave
 as they took to the street
 with no mind for defeat
 and condition to speak no to obey
 Time goes by
 and I've become
 less than I could ever dream
 than I could ever know
 I could have done
 You can tell me bedtime stories and they all end well
 But I'm looking on the outside and it is clear that there is more to tell
 You can tell me bedime stories but they don't include suffering, injustice
 that you can't explain and must dilute
 And I am listening to what she said
 Time goes by
 and I've become
 less than I could ever dream
 than I had ever know
 I could have done
 Time goes by (If I could tell you everytime I felt myself go along)
 and I've become (to the fashioning of self that's sold to the weakest and the dumb, it'd be)
 More than I could ever think
 than I could ever dream
 I could have done