Building for the Future
© 1994 Watunes
(From "Sing it Loud!", "Folk Heroes" [Reprise] and "The Best of the Foremen"
When the call of the dove can be heard 'cross the land,
You'll be there, you'll be there.
When the day of deliverance is finally at hand,
You'll be there, you'll be there.
When the bells of tyranny ring their last,
And the long dark night of oppression has passed,
And the foghorn of freedom has blown its big blast,
You'll be there, buddy, you'll be there.
When the hammer of justice rings out all around,
You'll be there, you'll be there.
When a genderless pronoun has finally been found,
You'll be there, you'll be there.
When all men have homes and jobs and food,
And an optimistic attitude,
And this nation's no longer completely f.u.'d,
You'll be there, buddy, you'll be there.
Building for the future
Building for the future
When there's chicken in every pot and two phones in every car,
You'll be there, yes, you'll be there.
When there's Kinko's and Starbucks wherever you are,
You'll be there, you'll be there.
And when they make that movie of your life,
And you play yourself and Kim Basinger plays your wife,
And she's running right at you, and she doesn't have a knife,
You'll be there, buddy, you'll be there.
Building for the future
Building for the future
And when they make any movie just as good as the book,
You'll be there, yes, you'll be there.
When the French are polite and the British can cook,
You'll be there, yes, you'll be there.
When the hopeless hordes have found their voice,
And a priest can marry the man of his choice,
And no one plays bagpipes, or quotes from James Joyce,
You'll be there, yes, you'll be there.
Building for the future
Building for the future
And when our lifestyle is none of Big Brother's concern,
You'll be there, yes, you'll be there.
When Doctor Kevorkian treats Howard Stern,
You'll be there, yes, you'll be there.
When compassion reigns from sea to sea,
And we coexist in peace and dignity,
And intolerant people are guillotined immediately,
You'll be there, yes, you'll be there.
'Cause we are building for the future,
We are building for the future,
Building prisons for the future,
You'll be there, buddy, you'll be there.