Falling From Above

Grandpa said to cousin Jed

Sittin' on the porch,

"I won't retire

But I might retread



Seems like that guy singin' this song

Been doin' it for a long time

Is there anything he knows

That he ain't said?



Sing a song for freedom

Sing a song for love

Sing a song for depressed angels

Falling from above"



Grandpa held the paper

Pretendin' he could see

But he couldn't read without his glasses on



"How can all these people

Afford so many things?

When i was young

People wore what they had on...and Mama said



'a little love and affection

In everything you do

Will make the world a better place

With or without you'"



A little love and affection

In everything you do



Slammin' down a late night shot

The hero and the artist compared

Goals and visions and afterthoughts

For the 21st century



But mostly came up with nothin'

So the truth was never learned

And the human race just kept rollin' on



Rollin' through the fighting

Rollin' through the religious wars

Rollin' down the temple walls

And the church's exposed sores



Rollin' through the fighting

The religious wars

Mostly came up with nothin'



"Grandpa here's your glasses

You'll see much better now,"

Said that young girl of Edith and Earl's

But Grandpa just kept starin'

He was lost in some distant thought

Then he turned and said

To that young girl



"A little love and affection

In everything you do

Will make the world a better place

With or without you"



With or without you

A better place

With or without you

With or without you



Hear that rooster crowin'

Down on the double e

It's a new morning

Dawning on the green



Bouncing off the towers

And the sun's heading down for the streets

The business meeting

Window shades are drawn



Another morning edition

Headed for the porch

Because Grandma puts down the paper

Before Grandpa raises his fork



A little love and affection

In everything you do

With or without you



Hear the rooster crowing

Down on the double e