Bewildered

I remember in the early eighties
Cold War held everybody hostage 
Ronald Reagan moved into the White House 
Making money was all they talked about 

Radio was playing Michael and Madonna
Cocaine took the place of marijuana 
CNN started twenty-four hour headlines 
John Lennon he got shot down from behind 

Nothing changes, yet nothing stays the same 
No use trying to find somebody to blame
We keep living like the end is near
We're only people 
Bewildered by love and fear 

I was thinking bout the middle of the nineties
Still reeling from the LA riots
What If God Was One Of Us singing in the airwaves 
O.J. Simpson getting chased down the freeway

The president making out with Miss Lewinsky
Car bombings out in Oklahoma City, yeah 
Still fighting for peace in the Middle East 
Then we get to read about those dirty priests 

Nothing changes, yet nothing stays the same 
No use trying to find somebody to blame
We keep living like the end is near
We're only people 
Bewildered by love and fear 

Here we are staring down at twenty-twenty
Transgender, being out in the army 
Black Lives Matter take three, and women's rights
I can't believe that we're still having this fight

Social media is where we do our bidding now
In the classroom is where we do our killing now

Nothing changes, yet nothing stays the same