I'm just a city boy

But there's a small town side to me

And I feel it closin' in

Are we too blind to see

That she's dying more each day

And she's cryin' out to you and me



Chances come and when they're gone

They curse the fools who wait too long



So let's take care of what we have

Before the good we know goes bad

And the beauty fades and just slips away

The dirty air, they dying seas

Will this be the world we leave

To the wild and young

I say, just look at what we've done

And right before our yes

Today's yesterday

Could be tomorrow's goodbye



Here comes the rain

And it might wash her tears away

But it doesn't change a thing

Like my brother before me

All I can do is write this song

And for her I sing



Chances come and when they're gone

They carve in stone what we've done wrong



So let's take care of what we have

Before the good we know goes bad

And the beauty fades and slips away

The dirty air, the dying seas

Will this be the world we leave

To the wild and young

I say, just look at what we've done

And right before our eyes

Today's yesterday

Could be tomorrow's goodbye



Do you ever think about

The future or the past

Do you ever wonder

How long this world will last



Let's take care of what we have

Before the good we know goes bad

And the beauty fades, and just slips away

The dirty air, the dying seas

Will this be the world we leave

To the wild and young

I said, just look at what we've done

And right before our eyes

Yeah, it's right before our eyes



Today's yesterday

Could be tomorrow's goodbye