chaos, the rule of the game   spinning as optimist fades   confusion becomed law   eclipsing hope, the pessimist said      if you want to change the world, forget it   the future's not in our hands   if you want to change the world, forget it   the pigs already set in      freedom has bee stripped away   change it the corrosion fades   slowly we turn   as the pessimist sets these pointed words      if you want to change the world, forget it   the future's n ot in our hands   if you want to change the world, forget it   the pigs already set in      the optimist understands why the world's gone down the drain   the pessimist never bends, constricting thoughts in vain   from the pessimist's point of view there's nothing we can do   as I paint this picture gray and taste the pain   I'll play the optimist      The only world I know is the world I cling to   It's a world that I'd want to save   optimist or pessimist, what am I suppose to be      if you want to change the world, forget it   the future's n ot in our hands   if you want to change the world, forget it   the pigs already set in      the optimist understands why the world's gone down the drain   the pessimist never bends, constricting thoughts in vain   from the pessimist's point of view there's nothing we can do   as I paint this picture gray and taste the pain   I'll play the optimist