I was walking one day through the big lights Wondering when the world became so tired Bottles of vodka flashed as the Coca-Cola sign shone Like moonlight and I wondered When the world beame so wired Even the clearing of the streets It was all tiled and in the corner stood a tree in a cage And in the screen on the side of a skyscrpaer Stood a war child nestled in amongts the stocks The shares and the sports scores of the day I thought, don't leave your life too long It's gone before it's done if you hide away I was travelling one day to find a small town For I'd hear that it was far enough away Arrived late in the night and there was no sound I looked forward to the breaking of the day With the sunrise I headed for the ocean For its where I find the cleanest air to brewath Every road down a factory had stolen And the smoke it billowed out and blocked the sea I thought, don't leave your life too long It's gone before its done if you hide away I thought, don't leave your life too long It's gone before its done if you hide away I was travelling one day down in Mexico In towns where peoiploe purely work to eat There's a shine in the eyes of those that let go And that shine was like a song that sang to me It said, don't leave your life too long It's gone before its done if you hide away I thought, don't leave your life too long It's gone before its done if you hide away