Distant Early Warning

An ill wind comes arising across the cities of the plain
There's no swimming in the heavy water no singing in the acid rain
Red alert. Red alert

It's so hard to stay together passing through revolving doors
We need someone to talk to and someone to sweep the floors
Incomplete. Incomplete

The world weighs on my shoulders but what am I to do?
You sometimes drive me crazy but I worry about you
I know it makes no difference to what you're going through
But I see the tip of the iceberg and I worry about you

Cruising under your radar watching from satellites
Take a page from the red book keep them in your sights
Red alert. Red alert

Left and rights of passage black and whites of youth
Who can face the knowledge that the truth is not the truth?
Obsolete. Absolute

The world weighs on my shoulders but what am I to do?
You sometimes drive me crazy but I worry about you
I know it makes no difference to what you're going through
But I see the tip of the iceberg and I worry about you

The world weighs on my shoulders but what am I to do?
You sometimes drive me crazy but I worry about you
I know it makes no difference to what you're going through
But I see the tip of the iceberg and I worry about you

Absalom, Absalom, Absalom!