Well, I heard the news just the other day   Now I feel there's something I must say   Well, the darkness comes too often   This time, next year, I'll build my coffin      Made out of lead so X-Rays cannot see   We gotta be free   Political men they burn their lives out talkin'   We people of the Earth just keep on walkin'      Well, we don't know what to say   Only live our lives as slaves   All we can do is race on to the grave   Well, we gotta get away      Well, they're much too old   To care about the future   They're sewing up the past   With shining sutures      It's immortality they crave   Their days are done so now they're brave   Their lives will live in books for fools and slaves   We gotta get away