HYMN OF THE BIG WHEEL

THE BIG WHEEL KEEPS ON TURNING ON A SIMPLE LINE DAY BY DAY THE EARTH SPINS ON ITS AXIS ONE MAN STRUGGLES WHILE ANOTHER RELAXES THERE'S A HOLE IN MY SOUL LIKE A CAVITY SEEMS THE WORLD IS HELD TOGETHER JUST BY GRAVITY THE WHEEL KEEPS TURNING, THE SKY'S REARRANGING LOOK MY SON THE WEATHER IS CHANGING I'D LIKE TO FEEL YOU COULD BE FREE LOOK UP AT A BLUE SKY BENEATH A NEW TREE SOMETIME AGAIN YOU TURN GREEN AND THE SEA TURNS RED MY SON I SAID THE POWER OF EXXONS OVER MY HEAD THE BIG WHEEL KEEPS ON TURNING ON A SIMPLE LINE DAY BY DAY THE EARTH SPINS ON ITS AXIS ONE MAN STRUGGLES WHILE ANOTHER RELAXES WE SANG ABOUT THE SUN AND DANCED AMONG THE TREES AND LISTEN TO THE WHISPER OF THE SKY ON THE BREEZE WILL YOU CRY IN REMORSE IN A LEAD FREE ZONE DOWN WITHIN THE SHADOWS WHERE THE FACTORIES DRONE ON THE SURFACE OF THE WHEEL THEY BUILD ANOTHER TOWN AND SO THE GREEN COMES TUMBLING DOWN YES CLOSE YOUR EYES AND HOLD ME TIGHT AND I'LL SHOW YOU SUNSET SOMETIME AGAIN THE BIG WHEEL KEEPS ON TURNING ON A SIMPLE LINE DAY BY DAY THE EARTH SPINS ON ITS AXIS ONE MAN STRUGGLES WHILE ANOTHER RELAXES AS A CHILDS SILENT PRAYER MY HOPES ARE IN DISGUISE WHILE SATTELITES AND CAMERAS WATCH FROM THE SKIES AN ACID DROP OF RAIN RECYCLED FROM THE SEA IT WASHED AWAY MY SHADOW BURNT A HOLE IN ME AND ALL THE KINGS MEN CANNOT PUT IT BACK AGAIN BUT THE GHETTO SOIL WILL NURTURE LIFE AND MEND MY SOUL SOMETIME AGAIN THE BIG WHEEL KEEPS ON TURNING ON A SIMPLE LINE DAY BY DAY THE EARTH SPINS ON ITS AXIS ONE MAN STRUGGLES WHILE ANOTHER RELAXES THE BIG WHEEL KEEPS ON TURNING ON A SIMPLE LINE DAY BY DAY THE EARTH SPINS ON ITS AXIS ONE MAN STRUGGLES WHILE ANOTHER RELAXES THE BIG WHEEL KEEPS ON TURNING ON A SIMPLE LINE DAY BY DAY THE EARTH SPINS ON ITS AXIS ONE MAN STRUGGLES WHILE ANOTHER RELAXES