Meanwhile in 2054 Things are getting insane The cost of living The lost art of forgiving All my royalties running down the drain A trillion streams in a millisecond Let's see that means I earned about three cents A trillion dreams in the human cloud Now we got no defense Two thousand Two thousand and fifty-four Meanwhile, in 2054 And things are really warming up The art of prayer or start talking to the air Your karma runneth over my cup A million minds in the afterglow But my guitar is still in hock A million kinds of time in my mind I just can't find a clock Two thousand Two thousand and fifty-four Not like it was before All crime and no more law Two thousand fifty-four Two thousand Two thousand and fifty-four Not like it was before All crime and no more law Two thousand fifty-four Meanwhile, in 2054 Things have ground to a halt The core is melting Rain keeps pelting But it ain't no one's fault Not like it was before All crime and no more law Two thousand fifty-four Not like it was before All crime and no more law Two thousand fifty-four