Ah the promises we made In days gone by Ah such changes could be made If we just tried Who would have thought that we would never Even begin to find a way How this old world might come together Someday Are we heading in the wrong direction Looking for a place to meet Hanging on a cross connection Waiting for a chance to speak And the reasons come And the reasons go And the chances are I'll bet There may never be a real good reason There's never been a good one yet And all the vision All the wisdom All the knowing What went wrong Are simple answer soon forgotten When the troubles are all gone Who would have thought that we would never Even begin to find a way How this old world might come together Someday Are we heading in the wrong direction Looking for a place to meet Hanging on a crossed connection Waiting for a chance to speak And the reasons come And the reasons go And the chances are I'll bet There may never be a real good reason There's never been a good one yet