How can you live in this way? You must have something to say (Tell me why should I change?) Child of vision, won't you listen? Find yourself a new ambition Well, who do you think you're foolin'? You say you're havin' fun, But you're busy going nowhere,

You must find a way We must find a way And find faith When hope and love has been lost And you fall to the ground When the darkness descends And you're told it's the end

Oh, don't ask why I tell you we must die Oh, moon of Alabama We now must say goodbye We've lost our good old mama Well, show me the way To the next whisky bar Show me the way For if we don't find

How can you live in this way? You must have something to say (Tell me why should I change?) Child of vision, won't you listen? Find yourself a new ambition Well, who do you think you're foolin'? You say you're havin' fun, But you're busy going nowhere,

To find the truth we must turn around We are lost but keep moving forward We're born helpless But guided by humanity What was compassion? Soon controls the way we think Familiarity has left me desensitized And inanity keeps deception disguised History

And how I told you what I'd do If one day I woke and couldn't find the colour in anything You must not be looking You must not be trying like I'm trying I can't always help you On your island, there's no weather warning There's no sudden showers There's