Don't believe what you hear  Don't believe what you see  If you just close your eyes  You can feel the enemy  When I first met you girl  You had fire in your soul  What happened your face  Of melting in snow  Now it looks like this    And you can swallow  Or you can spit  You can throw it up  Or choke on it  And you can dream  So dream out loud  You know that your time is coming 'round  So don't let the bastards grind you down    No, nothing makes sense  Nothing seems to fit  I know you'd hit out  If you only knew who to hit  And I'd join the movement  If there was one I could believe in  Yeah I'd break bread and wine  If there was a church I could receive in  'cause I need it now    To take a cup  To fill it up  To drink it slow  I can't let you go  I must be an acrobat  To talk like this  And act like that  And you can dream  So dream out loud  And don't let the bastards grind you down    Oh, it hurts baby  (What are we going to do now it's all been said)  (No new ideas in the house and every book has been read)    And I must be an acrobat  To talk like this  And act like that  And you can dream  So dream out loud  And you can find  Your own way out  You can build  And I can will  And you can call  I can't wait until  You can stash  And you can seize  In dreams begin  Responsibilities  And I can love  And I can love  And I know that the tide is turning 'round  So don't let the bastards grind you down