Say And Do

Since the wheelbarrows invention
Technology has changed us,
Now it is in the position
To destroy or save us.
Without direction we'll end up
In a nuclear winter poverty.
We could all live like aristocracy,
Back in the court of Louis XIV.

Your life is what you say and do.
It takes heart to care,
Commitment to be true.
What you take from the world
God gives to you.

World trade specialization
Has made our existence secure.
Jet age transportation
Has made the world smaller.
High tech communication
Has reduced cultural barriers.
When labor's replaced by automation,
We'll be paid to be consumers.

Man against man,
Enemy against friend,
This history of betrayal
Will have a bitter end.
Don't scoff at idealism,
Don't idealize pessimism.
An umbrella of destruction
Doesn't serve as protection.

Your life is what you say and do.
It takes heart to care,
Commitment to be true.
What you take from the world
God gives to you.

Peace on earth,
Brotherhood of man,
These relligious doctrines
Will be man's last stand.
With insanity and hate
We're holding a bad hand.
It stands in the way
Of our last chance.


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