A hero was part of a movement from the not so distant past,
He and others like him felt the world was changing fast,
So they embarked on a journey with their very best intentions,
And thought that what began with them would never find an end.
Ready set go it's easy you know,
It's easy to get wrapped up in the madness,
Ready or not it's all that they go,
And so it goes
Suspend your disbelief in revolution,
Their solutions were a way for them to change the world they lived in
The rich stay rich, the poor got even poorer
And the world engulfed in war only added to the horror
Unlike the more moderated movements that proceeded theirs,
They were absolutely unconcerned with splitting heads,
They fought for the rights and belief that they might even change the human race,
But global revolution never seemed to show its face
Ready set go it's easy you know,
It's easy to get wrapped up in the madness,
Ready or not it's all that they go,
And so it goes
Suspend your disbelief in revolution,
Their solutions were a way for them to change the world they lived in
The rich stay rich, the poor got even poorer
And the world engulfed in war only added to the horror
Writer(s): Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein
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