Depart from me you puppets of society I never knew you and you never Knew me rapt in the trap of triviality Never worry about the deeper things I envy you in much the way I envy the innocence of childhood Children without innocence Bodies without bounds Bent to fill your bellies Amuse amaze astound Children without innocence You never did progress from bubble gum to bread and wine From dreams to consciousness depart From me you seekers of celebrity I never knew you and you never knew me Fed and the dead on mediocrity Never concerned about tomorrow's breath There's beauty in such carelessness The flight and innocence of childhood Children without innocence Bodies without bounds Bent to fill your bellies Amuse amaze astound Children without innocence You never did progress from bubble gum to bread and wine From dreams to consciousness depart