I picked the morning paper off the floor
It was full of other people's little wars
Wouldn't they like their peace
Don't we get bored
And we call for the three great stimulants of the exhausted ones
Artifice, brutality and innocence
Artifice and innocence
No tanks have ever rumbled through these streets
And the drone of planes at night has never frightened me
I keep the hours and the company that I please
And we call for the three great stimulants of the exalted ones
Artifice, brutality and innocence
Artifice and innocence
Oh and deep in the night, our appetites find us
Release us and bind us
Deep in the night
While madmen sit up building bombs
And making laws and bars
They gonna slam free choice behind us
I saw a little lawyer on the tube
He said, "It's so easy now, anyone can sue
Let me show you how your petty aggravations can profit you
Call for the three great stimulants of the exhausted ones
Artifice, brutality and innocence
Artifice and innocence."
Oh and deep in the night, our appetites find us
Release us and bind us
Deep in the night
While madmen sit up building bombs
And making laws and bars
They gonna slam free choice behind us
Last night I dreamed I saw the planet flicker
Great forests fell like buffalo
Everything got sicker
And to the bitter end, big business bickered
And we called for the three great stimulants
Of the exhausted ones
Artifice, brutality and innocence
Artifice and innocence
Oh, these times
Oh, these changin' times
Changin' the hearts of all mankind
Oh, these privileged times
Oh, these times, these times, these times, these times, these times
Oh, these changin' times
Changin' the hearts of all mankind
Oh, these troubled times