"Beautiful Year" lyrics

Did I die?
Did the sun fall out of the sky?
Did a tear from an elephant's eye
Come and drown the world, took away tomorrow?

Did you hear
On the day that I disappeared
They were marching down in the street
They were changing things? Then I woke up here
To all the fear

The ending of a brilliant career
Yeah, yeah

I left a book, now it's gone
I don't know where to look
And a coat that I left on a hook
And a thought I had seemed to last forever
Now I'm here and I wish you'd all disappear
Oh, the coast isn't awfully clear
And the bridge is burned, and I can't see clear
For all the fear
Oh, it could've been a beautiful year
Oh, yeah, yeah

If all our dreams are gone
In summer's fading song
For everyone here
This living in fear, it's so wrong

Oh, can I go?
Can I get me a ticket to show?
I may walk just a little too slow
But I'll find my way across the barricades

So come along
'Cause I know that's where we belong
Something here is terribly wrong
So take a backward step in the rearview mirror
Leave the fear
That killed off a beautiful year
Oh, yeah, yeah

If all our dreams are gone
In summer's fading song
Oh, for everyone here
This living in fear
Oh, everyone here
Still living in fear

Yeah, for everyone here
Living in fear
Is just plain wrong? So wrong
Oh, it's wrong
So take a backward step
In the rearview mirror
Find that happy place and reject the fear
We're being programmed into such a sorry state
Where we can't trust ourselves
Our friends, our mates
But when you look at life the way it used to be
We wouldn't stand for this, we'd just get up and leave
So don't just follow like a lost sheep
Make up your own mind about who you'd like to be

Make a choice today and spread your love
Join with the earth and the sky above
Make every day such a beautiful day
And don't allow these fools to get in your way
Greet your neighbour with a shake of the hand
Go to your enemy with a peaceful plan
And if you do all this, I swear you'll be content and free
And as happy as me, yeah