Metal & Wood

Take all the metal and wood
 Used in the waging of war
 Teach the men that make those weapons
 To build shelter for the poor
 Take all the money we spend
 On the way that we appear
 Find the ones that die of hunger
 Help them see another year
 Before we fade away
 Let's make a better day
 This world will keep on turning after we are gone, long gone
 There was a forest I loved
 Where the air was fresh and clean
 We took the forest for a factory
 So we could build some more machines
 When I was young I learned to sing
 And music blossomed in my soul
 We took the music from the schools
 And left the darkest gaping hole
 Where will our children be?
 If they don't learn to sing
 Millions of voices falling silent 'til there gone
 When we were young, all the world was new
 But soon we found, that childhood fairytales were never true
 And how the story ends depends on you... and me
 Where will our children be?
 If they don't learn to sing
 Millions of voices falling silent 'til there gone
 Before we fade away
 Let's make a better day
 This world will keep on turning after we are gone
 Where will our children be?
 What will we choose to leave?
 This world will keep on turning after we are gone, long gone