The Young Idealists - Lloyd Cole

I know I said I favoured peaceful resolution

But that was when we were the young idealists

The Young Idealists

Raging through the coffee shops and bars

Make believe the world was really ours

Still supposing we could make a difference

Then we bought into the neocon economic dream

And we were trading in futures we believed in

The Young Idealists

Careering through the markets to the Mall

Venturing that we could have it all

Still supposing we could make a difference

And then the markets fall

And the heavens open

And there’s no synergy at all

The synergy is broken

So maybe now I’d take that wholesale revolution

We were talking about

Maybe now I’d take a future we can breathe in

The Young Idealists

Raging through the forests and the streams

Breaking into your laboratories

Still supposing we could make a difference

I never dreamed I’d want a slogan on my people

Mover

But that was when we were the young idealistsTHE YOUNG IDEALISTS

I know I said I favoured peaceful resolution

But that was when we were the young idealists

The Young Idealists

Raging through the coffee shops and bars

Make believe the world was really ours

Still supposing we could make a difference

Then we bought into the neocon economic dream

And we were trading in futures we believed in

The Young Idealists

Careering through the markets to the Mall

Venturing that we could have it all

Still supposing we could make a difference

And then the markets fall

And the heavens open

And there’s no synergy at all

The synergy is broken

So maybe now I’d take that wholesale revolution

We were talking about

Maybe now I’d take a future we can breathe in

The Young Idealists

Raging through the forests and the streams

Breaking into your laboratories

Still supposing we could make a difference

I never dreamed I’d want a slogan on my people

Mover

But that was when we were the young idealists