Well, it's not so easy
now though it never was back then
We still can't seem to work this out
but we can still pretend
And these tattered walls
and burnin' bridges quickly start to fall
How long until there's nothin' left at all?

I've been to California, man
I've seen them city lights
Been stranded in the desert
scorching days and freezing nights
And I'll never understand
why people try to walk so tall
How long until there's nothin' left at all?

Don't you love what you got used to
Where we used to feel so free
Won't you wait a while in silence, love
Watch it fall with me

Well, the old man said
the great Big Apple's rotten to the core
With Wall Street skimming
from the till while no one minds the store
And how could someone get so low
in a building so damn tall?
How long until there's nothin left at all?

While chunks the size of Delaware
are falling off the poles
Our heads are buried in the sand
our leaders dug the holes
Like junkies hooked on fossil fuels
heading for withdrawal
How long until there's nothin left at all?

Don't you love what you got used to
Where we used to feel so free
Come and wait a while in silence, love
And watch it fall with me

Now the answer's in our heads
to the question that were asked
It boils up from underground
and leads us to the past
To a place that's long forgotten
when we had enough for all
How long until there's nothin' left at all?

Don't you love what you got used to
Where we tried to make our stand
The hourglass is growing empty now
Just to leave a pile of sand