After all I'm older now dear   And I don't believe in anything I trusted in as a child   And everything's gone, everything's gone son he said   You've got to be strong just to be strong son he said   Don't depend on hope to get you by      Whoa no, you think I was wrong my dear?   Think I was wrong, no   Whoa no, you think I was wrong my dear   Think I was wrong, no   Oh, did you think I was wrong?      After all I noticed how the west was tamed   Remind the purple mountains I'll drive through the majesty in their veins   But everything's gone, everything's gone son he said   You've got to be strong just to be strong son he said   Drowning in the amber waves of grain      Whoa no, did you think I was wrong my dear?   You think I was wrong   Whoa no, did you think I was wrong my dear   You think I was wrong, oh   Oh, did you think I was wrong?      Whoa oh, think I was wrong   Think I was wrong   Whoa no, think I was wrong   No, no