I wanna be better than oxygen      So you can breathe when you're drowning and weak in the knees      I wanna speak louder than Ritalin      For all the children who think that they've got a disease      I wanna be cooler than t.v.      For all the kids that are wondering what they are going to be      We can be stronger than bombs      If you're singing along and you know that you really believe      We can be richer than industry      As long as we know that there's things that we don't really need      We can speak louder than ignorance      Cause we speak in silence every time our eyes meet.      On and on, and on, and on it goes      The world it just keeps spinning      Until i'm dizzy, time to breathe      So close my eyes and start again anew.         I wanna see through all the lies of society      To the reality, happiness is at stake      I wanna hold up my head with dignity      Proud of a life where to give means more than to take      I wan't to live beyond the modern mentality      where paper is all that you're really taught to create      Do you remember the forgotten america?      Justice, equality, freedom to every race?      Just need to get past all the lies and hypocrisy      Make up and hair to the truth behind every face      Then look around to all the people you see,      How many of them are happy and free?      I know it sounds like a dream      But it's the only thing that can get me to sleep at night      I know it's hard to believe      But it's easy to see that something here isn't right      I know the future looks dark      But it's there that the kids of today must carry the light.      On and on, and on, and on it goes      The world it just keeps spinning      Until i'm dizzy, time to breathe      So close my eyes and start again anew.            If i'm afraid to catch a dream      I weave your baskets and i'll float them down the river stream      Each one i weave with words i speak to carry love to your relief.            I wanna be better than oxygen      So you can breathe when you're drowning and weak in the knees      I wanna speak louder than Ritalin      For all the children who think that they've got a disease      I wanna be cooler than t.v.      For all the kids that are wondering what they are going to be      We can be stronger than bombs      If you're singing along and you know that you really believe      We can be richer than industry      As long as we know that there's things that we don't really need      We can speak louder than ignorance      Cause we speak in silence every time our eyes meet.      On and on, and on, and on it goes      The world it just keeps spinning      Until i'm dizzy, time to breathe      So close my eyes and start again anew