Ideal World

Before you point the finger

And hope the whole thing disappears

Remember empty words will fall

And fall upon the deafest ears

He won't give in without a fight

And foul play without a doubt

No silver lining to be seen

In this thundercloud

Oh, that's not allowed

In the ideal world

We'd be free to choose

But in my real world

You can bet we're gonna lose

Your money fills their pockets

Fear fills their tiny minds

At last, the world is talking now

This ain't no way to treat mankind

A sudden blackout stops the show

But doesn't stop the way I am

'Cause all my life, I've been oppressed

You're not the first to say I am

I do all I can

For an ideal world

Where we're free to choose

But in my real world

You can bet we're gonna lose

In the ideal world

We can start again

But my real world

Hangs on the color of your skin

Now we can be free forever

If they would only change

But fools never change

No, no, no, no, no

A speck of blue up in the sky

A song of hope and noble thought

But how long must the people die

Before the guilty ones are caught

Oh, would you spare a thought?

For an ideal world

Where we're free to choose

But in my real world

You can bet we're gonna lose

In the ideal world

We can start again

But my real world

Let's put an end to suffering

End suffering

In the ideal world

We're now free to choose

But in my real world

We can bet we're gonna lose

In the ideal world

We can start again

In the ideal world