20th Century Blues

Why is it that civilized humanity
 Can make the world so wrong?
 In this hurly-burly of insanity
 Our dreams cannot last long.
 We've reached a deadline,
 A press headline,
 Every sorrow.
 Blues value
 Is news value
 Tomorrow.
 Blues
 Twentieth century blues
 Are getting me down.
 Blues
 Escape those weary
 Twentieth century blues.
 Why,
 If there's a God in the sky,
 Why shouldn't He grin
 High
 Above this dreary
 Twentieth century din?
 In this strange illusion,
 Chaos and confusion,
 People seem to lose their way.
 What is there to strive for,
 Love or keep alive for,
 Say, 'Hey, hey!'
 Call it a day?
 Blues
 Nothing to win or to lose,
 It's getting me down.
 Blues
 Escape those weary
 Twentieth century blues.
 We've reached a deadline,
 A press headline,
 Every sorrow.
 Blues value
 Is news value
 Tomorrow.
 Blues
 Nothing to win or to lose,
 It's getting me down.
 Blues
 Escape those dreary
 Twentieth century
 Blues.