Swansong

Lyrics

The day will come when people can be clean Clean as the sun When we have learned that dirty tricks don't pay And crime is no fun The day that honesty and kindliness and friendliness Are how we want to be Will be a day worth waiting for Obviously Until that day I'll have to shaft and graft Like everybody does I'll have to lie and cheat and rob and gobble Obviously because You cannot make a better world 'til everybody plays along It's not utopia running in a gang of one It's a swansong These dirty ways I may embrace today But it's just for today When things improve I'm going to live for love Live another way I'll walk in light, do everybody proud Give everything away Until that day I'll have to live for me Obviously The day will come when people can be strong As strong as the sun When we have learned our dirty tricks don't pay And evil's no fun That day of honesty and kindliness And friendliness and decency Will come the day after the day I live for me Obviously