Todd Rundgren - Tables Will Turn lyrics

Water, water everywhere and not a place to stand My foundation rests on bedrock But the bedrock rests on shifting sand Once the mighty jungle gave way to the streets Now the city's a jungle again Every time the cycle completes It's like nothing ever had changed Tables will turn, tables will turn, tables will turn Tables can turn When will I learn that tables will turn Tables can turn It was always my hope to repay All those favors that you would endow Though I took what I could yesterday Where are the crumbs when I'm so hungry now? And the wind cries "Merry Christmas, Happy 4th of July" When will I see you again? Sometimes it's not safe to fly 'til Tables have turned This is the law and we didn't make it But daily we twist it and bend it and brake it And to prove just how little we understand it We act as if it's just like we planned it We're in a state of constant revolution 'Cause we got a small problem with our distribution And if the balance of power needs arranging Then the situation's got to keep changing And if you start messin' 'round with the ratio It's like tryin' to ride a seesaw solo 'Cause the further you get from the middle You throw the balance off little by little "Cla** distinctions come naturally" You think that that can justify the inequity And the sky grows black while the cities burn And round and round and round, tables will turn Tables will turn, tables will turn, tables will turn Tables can turn When will we learn? Tables will turn Tables can turn Tables have turned, tables have turned, tables have turned Tables are turned, don't be concerned when Tables have turned Round and round and round, tables will turn