Ian Thomas - Long Long Way lyrics

Well, we've come a long, long way Look at everything we know We're getting smarter every day Ah, but where's it gonna go For all the words that go by I've got a feeling inside That after it's all said and done Though we've come a long, long way This old world's not much better than it was Oh, it's just like the twenties Machine guns were plenty Every day you'd get shot up All the whisky'd get bought up We'd be dancing the night through Just waiting until the joke's on you Ah then, what do you do Oh, Model Ts and Chevies Just loaded with heavies Shining faces like morning roses Aglow with their noses Pressed on your window Just waiting to shine your concrete shoes To the piano roll blues We're flying spaceships 'round the stars Getting faster by the hour Pretty soon we'll be on Mars Build another ivory tower Through all the praise that you borrow There's still hunger and sorrow And after it's all said and done Though we've come a long, long way This old world's not much better than it was Oh, it's just like the twenties Machine guns were plenty Every day you'd get shot up All the whisky'd get bought up We'd be dancing the night through Just waiting until the joke's on you Ah then, what do you do Oh, Model Ts and Chevies Just loaded with heavies Shining faces like morning roses Aglow with their noses Pressed on your window Just waiting to shine your concrete shoes To the piano roll blues