A Reactionary Year

I was singing Hungry Heart at a bar in Vermont
Last song before the bar was closing
There ain't no future out the way that we're goin
Borrowed another generations emotions

Road rage and shopping cart collisions
Righteousness and right of way
You could be anyone but hey listen up
Cause boy have I got something to say

Can you believe what's going on these days
Man is everybody crazy 'cept for me
Once upon a time we were a forest
Now we're just a number of trees
People white knuckle what they still hold dear
It's a reactionary year
There's tooth decay in the mouth of the world
And none of my friends are here

So maybe we should have given up more
Used all our loving for what loving's for
Took off our jackets and forgot to keep score
For a moment took our eyes off the door
I was singing hungry heart at a bar in Shibuya
Some things don't really need that much translation
Nothing to run from, nowhere to go
Ain't nothing new about Japanification

Road rage and shopping cart collisions
Righteousness and right of way
You could be anyone but hey, listen up
Cause boy have I got something to say

Would you believe what's going on these days
Man is everybody crazy 'cept for me
Once upon a time we were a forest
Now we're just a number of trees
People white-knuckle what they still hold dear
It's a reactionary year
There's tooth decay in the mouth of the world
None of my friends are here

So maybe we oughta give it up more
Use all our loving on what loving is for
Take off our jackets and forget to keep score
For a moment let our eyes off the door