Progress for progress' sake    doesn't make the world great    its stealing all the animals from us   If not for the magnates    and fashion conglomerates    we might just be able to budge    From this onerous stance    that to spin and to dance    we've gotta we've just gotta have those   for whats more in the end,    after we spend and we spend,    is less than the sum of the whole.      Roadways for going places    don't make a perfect world    they're knocking down homes for your lot   but humans are humans    and need more than animals    a place with a roof and a cot.   and a driveway and a garage    and a pool and a yacht,    we've gotta we've just gotta have those   and the bird in the tree    well who the hell is she?    a bird with no home that is what.      no progress for progress' sake    doesn't make the world great    its painting us rotten to the core   for all of the buildings    and fences and other things    only seem to make us want more.   a car for me and a car for you,    a mobile, a digital what    without a computer i've no way to do    what I need to make the sum reach a lot      a lot a more progress,    a lot a more stuff,    a lot a more anythings fine   a lot more ascention    in the four known dimensions    a lot more for me and for mine   and these things that I need    are a kin to a thneed,    oh am I a lorax or what?   For the wants of us all    are a mountain so tall    the world cannot stand it on top