MP3 "Face of Humanity" - Workers of the World Relax CD

Falling off the Face of Humanity

This train moves toward another city
these places that bore the mother of our mother's mother
blink and there's foreign, blink and there's familiarity
air, steel and current linking one race with another

from the womb of our ancestry
to the person we've become
from the burning inner-city tapestry
to the ruins of the coliseum

Somebody started the journey
we continue in our vanity
all colors, all countries,
falling off the face of humanity

youth leaves his mark in bold graffiti
vague is the future of a troubled son
the message in recognizable artistry
looks the same in Detroit as it does in Lisbon

asphalt crust covers ancient forests
loss of protective laws were fought for
to increase their margin, business must ignore us
they piss into, then we drink from the world's only water

Somebody started the journey
we continue in  insanity
all colors, all countries
falling off the face of humanity

falling off the face of humanity
falling off the face of humanity
falling off the face of humanity
 

Lyrics by Jody Carlson 1999