Kansas When the World Was Young song lyrics

It's been a long and amazing time, how it's wasted is such a crime

And the stories we heard still echo in the distance

Filled with promises and pain, we had everything to gain

But the pride that comes before a fall is with us

Lights are on and nobody's home, we've gone from color to monochrome

Like some faded photograph with ghostly faces

Whether enemy or a friend, it's the message that we send

We will never change without until we change within

Chorus:

Back when the world was so young (when the world was young)

To the day when the first song was sung (when the world was young)

We chose our own way to black, white or gray

When the world was young

Are we learning from the past or has it all been already cast

Who can change the course of a war against all reason

There was one prevailing wind and we said we've got to make a stand

And now the barrier's between us for a treason