Progress

Say yes to a real life ambition Say yes to our hopes and our plans Forget about your indecision Let's get the beast off our land A tree that can grow no longer A beach that has got no sand I would pay out a king's ransom If we could just understand, hey Got your last meal filled up with pesticide Hamburger chain, third world infanticide Got robot car, your jobs will disappear It's called the politics of a brand-new year Manhattanization is coming, yeah Open your eyes if you dare And carry us on to the crossroads Come to your senses and care 16 million, I can't hear you at all Some say that's progress I say that's cruel Some say that's progress (oh, yeah) I say that's cruel You may be safe in your hemisphere But there's so much junk in the stratosphere We got our eyes on the firmament, hands on the armaments Heads full of arguments, and words for our monuments I won't deny it, can we survive? I say (progress) I say (progress) I say (progress) I say, say, say Some say that's progress I say that's cruel Some say that's progress I say that's cruel Some say (that's progress) Some say (that's progress) Some say (that's progress) Some say, say, say, say