he's telling people how they're supposed to live
nobody's listening to the politician
no matter what sage advice he has to give
outdated m.o. and he's come to a fork in the road
and there is only one direction to go
dwarfed by the skyscrapers
i watch the countless millions fighting for space
and can't believe that i'm one of the same race
we're all just struggling to cope
and we come to a fork in the road
as we watch our foundations erode
there's only one direction to go
it's the waltz of desperation
passed along to you and me