People run like tired lemmings headed for the sea Borders of imagination keeping them from seeing things Ancient guards in greying fortresses of old ideas Standing guard on treasure that has long since disappeared from use Oh we have got to find something better Oh people we got to find something better People run like tired lemmings they don't see the sun Shadow pictures drive them on and keep them on the run Knights in blazing armour stand upon a nearby hill Shafts of gleaming light held high and no one sees them still Oh we have got to find something better Oh people we got to find something better Long ago and far away the words ring like a bell Stories poems books and songs have used these words and use them still Long ago and far away is where most of us dwell Time has chased us all away and left today under its spell Oh we have got to find something better Oh people we got to find something better