Swansong

The day will come when people can be clean
Clean as the sun
When we have learned that dirty tricks don’t pay
And crime is no fun
The day that honesty and kindliness and friendliness
Are how we want to be
Will be a day worth waiting for
Obviously
Until that day, I’ll have to shaft and graft
Like everybody does
I’ll have to lie, and cheat, and rob
And gobble, obviously, because
You cannot make a better world
'Til everybody plays along
It’s not utopia running in a gang of one
It’s a swansong
These dirty ways I may embrace today
But it’s just for today
When things improve I’m going to live a laugh
Live another way
I’ll walk in light, do everybody proud
Give everything away
Until that day I’ll have to live for me
Obviously
The day will come when people can be strong
Strong as the sun
When we have learned our dirty tricks don’t pay
And evil’s no fun
That day of honesty and kindliness and friendliness
And decency
Will come the day after the day I live for me
Obviously