I Asked When-Brett Dennen

[ti:I Asked When] [ar:Brett Dennen] [al:So Much More (Special Edition)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.20]Artist：brett dennen [00:02.36]Songs Title：i asked when [00:24.25]Well i dreamed i went out a wanderin' [00:29.30]I heard promises become fables forgotten [00:34.81]I saw bridges stretchin' out across the water [00:39.81] [00:41.23]And towers pushing taller [00:45.69]I knew my reality was clearly defined [00:51.36]By the fences put up around my mind [00:56.87]I watched them thicken into walls over time [01:01.92]Taller than any boarder line [01:06.01] [01:07.81]I saw civilizations deemed insignificant [01:13.57]I saw people's history tatooed on their skin [01:18.99]I saw families taken from their land [01:25.97]Dynasties shattered and stolen [01:30.16]And i asked when is a revolution [01:41.55]I asked when is a revolution [01:52.85]In all the burdens of centuries accrue [01:59.05]That get passed along to every generation's youth [02:03.83]And all the allegories told in lieu of truth [02:09.64]I watched them grow wild and spread like the flu [02:15.32]I saw the rise of an untamed industry [02:20.78]I watched machines paint a paper economy [02:26.28]I saw my own self stand right in front of me [02:32.08]And i didn't do a thing [02:38.03]I saw poisons pushed in the street [02:43.62]And prescription pills mingling in the mezzanine [02:48.63]With a whole host of wealth of doctors and pharmaceutical companies [02:54.70]Still poor people were dying from disease [03:00.68]And i asked when is a revolution [03:11.68]I asked when is a revolution [03:23.60]I asked when is a revolution [03:35.08]I asked when is a revolution [03:46.89]And i broke down at the break of dawn [03:52.27]I saw new meaning in the clouds above the Pentagon [03:58.15]As real as the hollocaust as stong as the Parthanon [04:03.89]Visions of Sudan Iraq and Vietnam [04:09.57]I stood silent upon a flooded levy [04:15.28]And stared at the ruins of a merchant city [04:21.16]And the president who came to dine with the noble elite [04:26.59]He didnt do a thing [04:32.71]I saw three ships come sailing in [04:38.84]Through the passage of the CARIBBEAN [04:44.03]I saw children coming home in coffins [04:49.86]Millions marching on washington [04:55.66]And i asked when is a revolution [05:06.86]I asked when is a revolution [05:17.70]I asked when when is a revolution [05:29.06]I asked when is a revolution