Billy skipped school again
Lookin' like a fool again
What a little waste
For a taste of a big boys life
I'm scared for the children

Computer screens and magazines
Manufactured hopes and dreams
Playing in a concrete box
'Cause mother's got her shows to watch
I'm scared for the children

This is the end of the age of the innocent
One more game before they go
This is the end of the age of the innocent
What do we leave them with? Suppose we'll never know


Processed greens and man-made meat
Running out of things to eat
Little boys having way too much fun
Playing with a big boys gun
I'm scared for the children

And on the day the last bird dies
There won't be a drop from their big square eyes
An old man with his eyes like glass
Kisses the last blade of grass
Yeah, I'm scared for the children


'Cause this is the end of the age of the innocent
One more game before they go
This is the end of the age of the innocent
What will we leave them with? Suppose we'll never know

This is the end of the age of the innocent
One more game before they go
This is the end of the age of the innocent
What do we leave them with? Suppose we'll never know

No respect for anyone
Why would they after what we done?
What an example we have set
What a planet we have left
Let's be there for these children