World Grow Up
Everyone you see
Is playing 'Look at me'
Our whole identity
Comes from what's on TV
A flimsy fantasy
Our complicity
In a junk economy
An endless spending spree
'Cause we want what we see
And we want it instantly
I... am waiting for the world to grow up
I... am waiting for the world to grow up
The skewed priorities
Of a "Me" society
Pulls us constantly
To a moral infancy
The simplistic repartee
Of the powers-that-be
Preaching reciprocity
"You're with them or you're with me"
Well, I'm afraid I disagree
I... am waiting for the world to grow up
I... am waiting for the world to grow up
I'm trying to be an adult
In an adolescent playground
It's hard to be an adult
But won't you try to be an adult
It takes humility
To see myself in thee
I hope humanity
Can reach maturity
Well, I guess it starts with me
I... am waiting for the world to grow up
I... am waiting for the world to grow up
I... am waiting for the world to grow up
I... am waiting for the world to grow up
Is playing 'Look at me'
Our whole identity
Comes from what's on TV
A flimsy fantasy
Our complicity
In a junk economy
An endless spending spree
'Cause we want what we see
And we want it instantly
I... am waiting for the world to grow up
I... am waiting for the world to grow up
The skewed priorities
Of a "Me" society
Pulls us constantly
To a moral infancy
The simplistic repartee
Of the powers-that-be
Preaching reciprocity
"You're with them or you're with me"
Well, I'm afraid I disagree
I... am waiting for the world to grow up
I... am waiting for the world to grow up
I'm trying to be an adult
In an adolescent playground
It's hard to be an adult
But won't you try to be an adult
It takes humility
To see myself in thee
I hope humanity
Can reach maturity
Well, I guess it starts with me
I... am waiting for the world to grow up
I... am waiting for the world to grow up
I... am waiting for the world to grow up
I... am waiting for the world to grow up
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Writer(s): Fr Mark Baumgarten
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