through the dust bowl

through the debt

grandma was a suffragette

blacklisted for her publication

blacklisted for my generation

go go go



raise your hands

raise your hands high

don't take a seat

don't stand aside

this time

don't assume anything

just go go go



feed the fire

and fan the flame

i know you kids can stand the rain

i know the kids are still upsetters

'cause rock is cool but the struggle is better

go go go



and raise your hands

raise your hands high

don't take a seat

don't stand aside

this time

don't assume anything

i said this time

now don't assume anything

just go



the truth is i was afraid

i felt inferior

i felt i excelled in competing with others and i knew instantly that these people were not competing at all, that they were acting in a strange, powerful trance of movement together

and i was filled with longing to act with them and with the fear that i could not



did they tell you it was set it stone

that you'd end up alone

use your years to psyche you out

you're too old to care

you're too young to count



did they tell you, you would come undone

when you try to touch the sun

undermine the underground

you're too old to care

you're too young to count



i said go go go



i said this time

don't assume anything

just go go go

go go go

go go go