[ Featuring Zach Schmidt ]
I stopped at a red light
In front of the mission
The sirens were screaming
And I needed some change
I waited patient
Like a nun waits for heaven
I was sweating my sins
Too late to rearrange
There was a fat man who was singing
An ode to old glory
With a buck tooth smile
He shot me a grin
But me I was tired
Of his one-sided story
Of a dream no one remembers
That will never come again
To our sweet old world
Our sweet old world
Watch it all unfurl
In our sweet old world
Our sweet old world
Our sweet old world
Every boy and girl
Of our sweet old world
The poets they pondered
The price of admission
Pooled their money together
They tried how they tried
The pretenders lined up
To steal their position
Not knowing vision is something
That your money can't buy
In our sweet old world
Our sweet old world
Watch it all unfurl
In our sweet old world
Our sweet old world
Our sweet old world
Every boy and girl
Of our sweet old world
The beggars they borrowed
Some time for the taking
The vagrants they vanished
Just as fast as they came
The preacher he promised
A fiery damnation
Just for selling your soul
To get through the day
Of our sweet old world
Our sweet old world
Watch it all unfurl
In our sweet old world
Our sweet old world
Our sweet old world
Every boy and girl
Of our sweet old world
I stopped at a red light
In front of the mission
The sirens were screaming
And I needed some change
