BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE
words and music
copyright © 1994 by
Roy Zimmerman
copyright © 1994 by
Roy Zimmerman
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 FU’d
You’ll be there, buddy you’ll be there
Building for the future
Building for the future
When there’s chickens in every pot and two phones in every car
You’ll be there, you’ll be there
When there’s Kinko’s and Starbucks wherever you are
You’ll be there, you’ll be there
When they make the movie of your life
And you play yourself and Kim Bassinger 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, buddy 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 Dr. 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
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 FU’d
You’ll be there, buddy you’ll be there
Building for the future
Building for the future
When there’s chickens in every pot and two phones in every car
You’ll be there, you’ll be there
When there’s Kinko’s and Starbucks wherever you are
You’ll be there, you’ll be there
When they make the movie of your life
And you play yourself and Kim Bassinger 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, buddy 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 Dr. 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
