First, let me say
Nothing is over
I don't believe in too late

Not giddy love
Or one-time redemption
We need a long steady change

Come follow me
Pretend that it's easy
Pretend we're the free and the brave

We still have time
And room for invention
Plenty of soul left to save

Let's make room for quiet
And try to rephrase
Hang sheets on the line
Hang words on a page

When it's dawn
And the glory waves
And we've finally taken all the things we craved
We can't resurrect everything that died on the way
That died on the way

Once upon a time
New worlds came easy
Thrones grew on nutmeg and tea

We stage the play
With oil rigs and diamonds
With merchants and tyrants and me