Once upon a time in the eighties...

Once upon a time in eighties
"tomorrow" was bright and hope intense
far from perfect but at least
we thought that woes would shortly pass
Not due saviors from the heavens
like the old folk used to preach
but due minds and hearts of men
and all ingenuity
After all our fathers got it better
compared to their’s
why the same on us would not be?
Progress, Science, the Computer
mobile phones, the pill, the plane
would have lead us to utopia
but that future never came
Once upon a time in eighties
"tomorrow" was bright and hope intense
far from perfect but at least
we thought that woes would shortly pass
if we could land on the moon
soon all cures were on their way
wars for conquest was no more
food are plenty and cheap to pay
we were the children that made it
when the dreams of previous failed
time has passed dreams were crushed
fears enhanced turning present
good intentions hopeless causes
leaving a world worst than our parents
for those who are destine to receive
Once upon a time in eighties
"tomorrow" was bright and hope intense
far from perfect but at least
we thought that woes would shortly pass
time has passed dreams were crushed
fears enhanced turning present
good intentions hopeless causes