They kill it in the comedy clubs

They kill it in the schools

They kill it on Wall Street

It's just the golden rule

And to all the others

It's surely what they do

Remember the memory

We were all once children too

Ashes, ashes

All in the name of who?

We said "Hi there neighbor

I love you mom and dad"

If you're a stranger

You must want something we have

I know you don't like me

Am I really that bad?

Remember the schoolyard

There were no strangers in that sand

Ashes, ashes

Ooh, let's see a show of hands

I'm gonna fly

We're gonna need a safe place to land

This is the picture I painted this morning

These are the colors, memories forming

These are the pictures we painted together

We elected our leaders

So we've been told

They've no right to complain

Or a vote where they sold

The slogan of the day is "put peace on hold"

Lennon would have us laughing

If we'd just let him grow old

Ashes, ashes

Oh, you hear Satan call

Some people feel so much

We make a new drug

Mister Rogers and Oprah

Are like shadows in blood

Trying, dying, water and bud

Forgive all the love

Take a walk on the blood

Forgive them for the love

Walk on the blood

Ashes, ashes

Oh, and float on the blood

This is the picture I painted this morning

These are the colors, this one's my warning

These are the pictures

These are the pictures I painted this morning

These are the colors, memories forming

These are the pictures we painted together