Stuart Once there was a man Who spoke his thoughts out loud Who believed in what he said And walked out in the crowd But they took him and they taught him What they wanted him to say Once there was a man Once there was a world In which a man could live In which a tree could grow In which a man could give But they took it and they churned it Into mud and brick and steel
Once there was a world Thus each man k**s the thing he loves And each man fails to see The lessons on the page of history Once there was a life A beginning and an end But now that's dead and gone So tell me who will send A man to live and breathe And in the end destroy? Once there was a life Once there was a world Once there was a man