The world will keep on turning without you burning out the gears
Seconds still collecting into just another year
No need for you to pay such close attention all the time
Quit pa**ing on the left, let the world go pa**ing by and by
Lay back and let your mind get softer for a while
We can let them fight for inches while we coast another mile
We can watch them as they're drowning in those tired streets they've found
Bound in all directions, lost in all the crowds
I'm so sorry it's not what you had in mind
Don't hold the door I might be here for quite some time
I'm only hoping for a whole new state of mind, a brand new paradigm
A brand new paradigm
The world will keep on turning without you burning out the gears
Seconds still collecting into just another year
We could be the last ones standing when the final gavel falls
Quit asking all the questions, you're making fools out of us all
I'm so sorry it's not what you had in mind
Don't hold the door I might be here for quite some time
I'm only hoping for a whole new state of mind, a brand new paradigm
A brand new paradigm
Love could be so easy somewhere out in outer space
So out of time, so out of line, so out of place
So I'll sit here and linger on the same old worn out page
And we can give the finger to the spirit of the age
I'm so sorry it's not what you had in mind
You pulled the cord now let's all watch it all unwind
I'm only hoping for a whole new state of mind, a brand new paradigm