Bm                  E 
The antique people are down in the dungeons 
Bm                     E 
Run by machines and afraid of the tax 
       Bm                           E 
Their heads in the grave and their hands on their eyes 
Bm                           A 
Hauling their hearts around circular tracks 
     G                       D 
Pretending forever their masquerade towers 
     A                  C             Asus  A 
Are not really riddled with widening cracks 
And I wave goodbye to iron 
G                      Am   G  F  Em 
And smile hello to the air 
       Am            G                F 
O the new children dance ------ I am young 
       Em         Am                   G 
All around the balloons ------ I will live 
   F           Em               Am 
Swaying by chance ------ I am strong 
            G            F               Em 
To the breeze from the moon ------ I can give 
Am           G                    F 
Painting the sky ------ You the strange 
           Em       Am                 G 
With the colors of sun ------ Seed of day 
F            Em                  Am 
Freely they fly ------ Feel the change 
     G           F                Em 
As all become one ------ Know the way 
            Am    G    D/F# D/E  Am    G    D/F# D/E  A 
Know the way... 

A(-5)                     D7 
The velocity addicts explode on the highways
A(-5)                     D7 
Ignoring the journey and moving so fast 
A(-5)                              D7 
Their nerves fall apart and they gasp but can't breathe 
A(-5)                           D7 
They run from the cops of the skeleton past 
       G                      D 
Petrified by tradition in a nightmare they stagger 
       A                       C   Bm G  A 
Into nowhere at all and they look up aghast 
       A                     G 
And I wave goodbye to speed 
                        Am  G  F  Em 
And smile hello to a rose 

Am            G                  F 
O the new children play ------ I am young 
          Em    Am                 G 
Under juniper trees ------ I will live 
F            Em                 Am 
Sky blue or gray ------ I am strong 
         G         F                Em 
They continue at ease ------ I can give 
Am         G                    F 
Moving so slow ------ You the strange 
       Em           Am                 G 
That serenely they can ------ Seed of day 
F          Em                     Am 
Gracefully grow ------ Feel the change 
      G    F          Em            Am  G    D/F#  D/E 
And yes still understand know the way------ 
           Am    G    D/F# D/E  Am9 
Know the Way 

      A                          C  C/B C/A    G 
The king and the queen in their castle of billboards 
      A                      C  C/B C/A   G 
Sleepwalk down the hallways dragging behind 
       A                   C  C/B C/A    G 
All their possessions and transient treasures 
A                          C  C/B C/A    G 
As they go to worship the electronic shrine 
D                         F 
On which is playing the late late commercial 
            G                   D        A 
In that hollowest house of the opulent blind 
And I wave goodbye to Mammon 
G                     Am 
And smile hello to a stream 

        Am          G               F 
O the new children buy ------ I am young 
         Em           Am                G 
All the world for a song ------ I will live 
F          Em                Am 
Without a dime ------ I am strong 
     G           F                 Em 
To which they belong ------ I can give 
Am      G                     F 
Nobody owns ------ You the strange 
     Em         Am               G 
Anything anywhere ------ Seed of day 
F           Em                     Am 
Everyone's grown ------ Feel the change 
        G            F                   Em 
Up so big they can share ------ Know the Way 
Am    G    D/F# D/E  Am    G    D/F# D/E  Am9
Know the way... 

     D                     C             D 
The vaudeville generals cavort on the stage 
     D                          C           D
And shatter their audience with submachine guns 
      D                        C       D
And Freedom and Violence the acrobat clowns 
     D                     C             D
Do a balancing act on the graves of our sons 

e -2----3----5--3--2--------0----------------0- 
b ----------------------3----3---2-----------0- 
g ------------------------------------4--2---1- 
d -------------------------------------------2- 
a -------------------------------------------2- 
E -------------------------------------------0- 
   While the tapdancing Emperor sings "War is peace" 
A(addB) 
And Love the Magician disappears in the fun 
       A 
And I wave goodbye to murder 
G                       Am   G  F   Em 
And smile hello to the rain 
       Am            G                 F 
O the new children can't ------ I am young 
        Em          Am                  G 
Tell a foe from a friend ------ I will live 
F          Em                    Am 
Quick to enchant ------ I am strong 
        G          F                Em 
And so glad to extend ------ I can give 
Am           G                     F 
Handfuls of dawn ------ You the strange 
       Em         Am                G 
To kaleidoscope men ------ Seed of day 
F           Em                     Am 
Come from beyond ------ Feel the change 
       G           F                   Em 
The Great Wall of Skin ------ Know the Way 
         Am    G    D/F# D/E  Am9
Know the way 

Em(no3rd) 
The bloodless husbands are jesters who listen 
Like sheep to the shrieks and commands of their wives 
And the men who aren't men leave the women alone 
                               A           G 
See them all faking love on a bed made of knives 
Em(no3rd)
Afraid to discover or trust in their bodies 
                                  A        G 
And in secret divorce they will never survive 
        A 
And I wave goodbye to ashes 
G                          Am9  G6(addA)  Fmaj7(-5)  Esus 
And smile hello to a girl  Am9  G6(addA)  Fmaj7(-5)  Esus 

       Am           G                 F 
O the new children kiss ------ I am young 
          Em           Am                 G 
They are so proud to learn ------ I will live 
F          Em                 Am 
Womanwood bliss ------ I am strong 
          G             F               Em 
And the manfire that burns ------ I can give 
Am          G                    F 
Knowing no fear ------ You the strange 
       Em               Am                  G 
They take off their clothes ------ Seed of day 
F            Em                   Am 
Honest and clear ------ Feel the change 
       G          F                    Em 
As a river that flows ------ Know the Way 
           Am  G   F   Em  Am9 
Know the way 

      Bm                 E 
The antique people are fading out slowly 
      Bm                     E
Like newspapers flaming in mind suicide 
  Bm                     E
Godless and sexless directionless loons 
 Bm                         E
Their sham sandcastles dissolve in the tide 
       G                           D 
They put on their deathmasks and compromise daily 
      A                             C            Asus  A 
The new children will live for the elders have died 
And I wave goodbye to America 
G                     Am9 
And smile hello to the world