The Ostrich (Album Version)-Steppenwolf

[ti:The Ostrich] [ar:Steppenwolf] [al:Born To Be Wild: A Retrospective] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Ostrich (Album Version) - Steppenwolf [00:30.07]We'll call you when you're six years old [00:32.37] [00:34.62]And drag you to the factory [00:36.34] [00:39.11]To train your brain for eighteen years [00:41.35] [00:43.72]With promise of security [00:45.41] [00:47.49]But then you're free [00:48.54] [00:52.71]And forty years you waste to chase the dollar sign [00:55.92] [00:57.14]So you may die in Florida [00:59.79] [01:04.10]At the pleasant age of sixty nine [01:06.71] [01:10.90]The water's getting hard to drink [01:13.30] [01:15.39]We've mangled up the country side [01:17.75] [01:19.85]The air will choke you when you breathe [01:22.41] [01:24.29]We're all committing suicide [01:25.99] [01:28.12]But it's alright [01:29.11] [01:33.23]It's progress folks keep pushin' till your body rots [01:36.21] [01:37.79]Will strip the earth of all it's green [01:40.85] [01:44.58]And then divide her into parking lots [01:47.40] [01:51.76]But there's nothing you and I can do [01:55.79] [01:56.47]You and I are only two [01:57.93]What's right and wrong is hard to say [02:00.73]Forget about it for today [02:02.64]We'll stick our heads into the sand [02:04.77] [02:05.33]Just pretend that all is grand [02:07.14] [02:07.82]Then hope that everything turns out ok [02:09.65] [03:12.62]But there's nothing you and I can do [03:16.56] [03:17.31]You and I are only two [03:19.20]What's right and wrong is hard to say [03:21.49]Forget about it for today [03:23.69]We'll stick our heads into the sand [03:25.60] [03:26.40]Just pretend that all is grand [03:28.12] [03:28.73]Then hope that everything turns out ok [03:30.59] [03:32.75]You're free to speak your mind my friend [03:34.81] [03:37.29]As long as you agree with me [03:39.38] [03:41.68]Don't criticize the father land [03:43.71] [03:46.18]Or those who shape your destiny [03:48.32] [03:50.12]'Cause if you do [03:51.05] [03:55.33]You'll lose your job your mind and all the friends you knew [03:58.65] [03:59.85]We'll send out all our boys in blue [04:02.71] [04:06.58]They'll find a way to silence you [04:09.21] [04:13.75]But there's nothing you and I can do [04:17.72] [04:18.47]You and I are only two [04:20.29]What's right and wrong is hard to say [04:22.27] [04:22.93]Forget about it for today [04:24.75]We'll stick our heads into the sand [04:26.74] [04:27.55]Just pretend that all is grand [04:29.09] [04:29.88]Then hope that everything turns out ok