Pastime Paradise

They've been spending most their lives Living in a pastime paradise They've been spending most their lives Living in a pastime paradise They've been wasting most their lives Glorifying days long gone behind They've been wasting most their days In remembrance of ignorance oldest praise Tell me who of them will come to be How many of them are you and me

Dissipation Race Relations Consolation Segregation Dispensation Isolation Exploitation Mutilation Mutations Miscreation Confirmation.......to the evils of the world

They've been spending most their lives Living in a future paradise They've been spending most their lives Living in a future paradise They've been looking in their minds For the day that sorrow's gone from time They keep telling of the day When the Savior of love will come to stay Tell me who of them will come to be How many of them are you and me

Proclamation of Race Relations Consolation Integration Verification of Revelations Acclamation World Salvation Vibrations Simulation Confirmation.......to the peace of the world

They've been spending most their lives Living in a pastime paradise They've been spending most their lives Living in a pastime paradise They've been spending most their lives Living in a future paradise They've been spending most their lives Living in a future paradise We've been spending too much of our lives Living in a pastime paradise

Let's start living our lives Living for the future paradise Praise to our lives Living for the future paradise Shame to anyones lives Living in a pastime paradise

Released September 1976. The first few chords are a prelude to Bach's C Minor. The song has been released by 9 other artists: Ray Barretto in 1980; Billy MacKenzie in 1992; Panache Culture in 1994; Najee in 1995; Trijnte Oosterhuis in 1999; Youngblood Bass Band in 2000; Sherry Winston in 2000; Rainer in 2000; and the great Patti Smith in 2007. (I added the 'great' part:)