Some folks try
To multiply
From sunrise to sunset
Leave behind
More of their kind

So no one will forget
But that ain´t where I´m coming from - today
Those easy girls don´t turn me on - anyway
I wanna know where my pride has gone
The party´s over
Caught in a dream
Inside this world machine

Teachers teach
And preachers preach
Of spiritual evolution
But this big I am
From uncle sham
Just adds to my confusion
I´ve seen his face, I´ve heard his song - before
But I don´t care what time he´s on - anymore
I must have been on the streets too long
The party´s over

Caught in a dream
Inside this world machine

I find myself outside your door
Trying to make it like before
But you don´t follow what I say
And I can tell by your smile
You´re no longer a child
That part of you was buried yesterday ...
... who knows
Why they come and where they go
In this world machine?

It´s the chosen fools
Who make the rules
That don´t apply to me
With their fast-car games
And counter claims

Not my reality

And I don´t know if I belong - today
I don´t know why my friends have gone - away
I must have been on the streets too long
The party´s over
Caught in a dream
Inside this world machine

(don´t knock the system - we´ll knock some sense in you
Don´t beat the system - there´s nothing you can do)