| In the morning we built the city |
| In the afternoon walked through its streets |
| Evening saw us leaving |
| We wandered through our days as if they would never end |
| All of us imagined we had endless time to spend |
| We hardly saw the crossroads and small attention gave |
| To the landmarks on the journey from the cradle to the grave |
| Cradle to the grave, cradle to the grave |
| Did you learn to dream in the morning? |
| Abandon dreams in the afternoon? |
| Wait without a hope in the evening? |
| Did you stand there in the traces and let them feed you lies? |
| Did you trail along behind them wearing blinkers on your eyes? |
| Did you kiss the foot that kicked you? Did you thank them for their scorn? |
| Did you ask for their forgiveness for the act of being born? |
| Act of being born, act of being born |
| Did you alter the face of the city? |
| Make any change in the world you found? |
| Or did you observe all the warning? |
| Did you read the trespass notice? Did you keep off the grass? |
| Did you shuffle off the pavement just to let your betters pass? |
| Did you learn to keep your mouth shut? Were you seen and never heard? |
| Did you learn to be obedient and jump to at a word? |
| Jump to at a word, jump to at a word |
| And did you ever demand any answer? |
| The who and the what and the reason why |
| And did you ever question the setup? |
| And did you stand aside and let them choose while you took second best? |
| Did you let them skin the cream off and then give to you the rest? |
| Did you settle for the shoddy? And did you think it right |
| To let them rob you right and left and never make a fight? |
| And never make a fight, never make a fight |
| What did you learn in the morning? |
| How much did you know in the afternoon? |
| Were you content in the evening? |
| And did they teach you how to question when you were at the school? |
| Did the factory help you grow? Were you the maker or the tool? |
| Did the place where you were living enrich your life and then? |
| Did you mix among the standing of all your fellow men? |
| All your fellow men, all your fellow men, all your fellow men |