Spirit and Dust

Progress
Progress for progress' sake doesn't make the world great its stealing all the animals from usIf not for the magnates and fashion conglomerates we might just be able to budge From this onerous stance that to spin and to dance we've gotta we've just gotta have thosefor whats more in the end, after we spend and we spend, is less than the sum of the whole.Roadways for going places don't make a perfect world they're knocking down homes for your lotbut humans are humans and need more than animals a place with a roof and a cot.and a driveway and a garage and a pool and a yacht, we've gotta we've just gotta have thoseand the bird in the tree well who the hell is she? a bird with no home that is what.Songtexteno progress for progress' sake doesn't make the world great its painting us rotten to the corefor all of the buildings and fences and other things only seem to make us want more.a car for me and a car for you, a mobile, a digital what without a computer i've no way to do what I need to make the sum reach a lota lot a more progress, a lot a more stuff, a lot a more anythings finea lot more ascention in the four known dimensions a lot more for me and for mineand these things that I need are a kin to a thneed, oh am I a lorax or what?For the wants of us all are a mountain so tall the world cannot stand it on top Aus Songtexte Mania