What It All Is

i go down to washington town i watch them monuments grow
not is size but in legend guess we can still pretend none of us really know what we know
still I got a friend buried in Arlington I guess you get one of em too?
who died fightin' in a war we're still not sure what for maybe oil I guess that might be true

how long, babe, do we go on living like this?
how long, babe, til we realize what it all is?
what is all is

they say follow money you catch the thief honey and it led me straight to you
and some still believe yr commander in chief but I know who you answer to
i don't own no munitions plant i don't own no factory farm
but i been told them seeds you sow some come back and do you harm

how long, babe, do we go on living like this?
how long, babe, til we realize what it all is?
what is all is

out in the forest there's a beautiful chorus teemin' from every tree
and it's all been here far longer than you it'll all be here long after me
time is a weapon time is yr best friend time is what you make of it
time made nature made every last creature i can't stand by idly while we're breakin' it

how long, babe, do we go on living like this?
how long, babe, til we realize what it all is?