Is This What We Have Become

All the places that I have been to
Singing all the songs that I have sung
I never thought that in my lifetime
This what we would become

Who’s that looking in the mirror
Weren’t we the ones just having fun
Now we hide all that we lived through
Can you see what we have become

Bridge
Can you say we were too crazy
And we used up our children’s fun
We’ll protect them from our past vices
Can you see what we’ve become

I was raised on Christian virtues
And was taught that greed was bad
To never seek out confrontation
Be content with what we had

Are you asking for forgiveness
for some wrong we might have done
If you pray will it all go away
Can you see what we’ve have become
So we drive away our children’s future
In our all terrain machines
no regard for the landscape
Just short term economy

This aint no third world country
This is town where I come from
With armed guards and body
scanners
Can you see what we have become

What about all those anthems
All the ones we used to sing
Years ago but does it matter
I guess it doesn’t much to me

Have things been so easy
That we’ve forgotten where we are from
Was so long ago we’ve lost touch
and this is what we have become

All the places that I have been to all the songs that I have sung
I can’t believe that in my lifetime
This is what we have become.