Times They Aren’t Changing Fast Enough

 

What if we’re too comfortable to fight?
You nodded when I said that ’cause you’re scared it sounded right Anger’s so contagious
Principles so weak
And our better angels are in the alley huddling for heat

 

Can we start a revolution
And still keep all our stuff?
I say, these times they aren’t changing fast enough

Can we start a revolution
Would it even be enough?
I say, these times they aren’t changing fast enough

 

What else would you need to see to know?
The only place our cars won’t take us is the place we need to go Marching just won’t save us
We’re moving way too slow
We ask if this could happen here
But we all already know

The strides that we were making have been stopped
And that old road wasn’t aging quite as fast as we had thought

You shined the light on the invisible ink
We can’t believe the things that some of us think
I guess that we should thank you for the wake-up call, y’all

 

Can we start a revolution?
Or just try to call their bluff.
I say these times they aren’t changin’ fast enough

Can we start a revolution
Oh man, it might get rough
I say these times they aren’t changin’ fast enough.

 

The pragmatists, the analysts
the realists and idealists
The philosophers and free thinkers
Well none of them prepared for this
So once again, we’ll have to draw the line

We’ll rattle the windows and shake the walls

Until they break this time

 

Can we start a revolution?
You’ll find out soon enough
Because these times they aren’t changing fast enough

If we need a revolution?
We’ll have one, sure enough
Because these times they aren’t changing fast enough

For us

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Words and Music by Eric Hirshberg