I can't be compromising in my thoughts no more   I can't prevent the times, my anger fills my heart   I can't be sympathizing with a new, lost cause   I feel I've lost my patience with the world and all      And all the politicians and their hollow promises   And all the lies, deceit and shame that goes with it   The working man pays everything for their mistakes   And with his life too if there was to be a war      So we only get one chance, can we take it?   And we only get one life, can't exchange it   Can we hold on to what we have, don't replace it?   The age of innocence is fading, like an old dream      A life of petty crime gets punished with a holiday   The victims' minds are scarred for life most everyday   Assailants know just how much further they can go   They know the laws are soft conviction chances low      So we only get one chance, can we take it?   And we only get one life, can't exchange it   Can we hold on to what we have, don't replace it?   The age of innocence is fading, like an old dream      You can't protect yourselves even in your own home   For fear of vigilante cries the victims wipe their eyes   So now the criminals, they laugh right in our face   Judicial system lets them do it, a disgrace      Despondent public worries, where it all will end?   We can't protect ourselves our kids from crime, the trend   We cannot warn each other of evil in our midst   They have more rights than us, you cannot call that just      So we only get one chance, can we take it?   And we only get one life, can't exchange it   Can we hold on to what we have, don't replace it?   The age of innocence is fading, like an old dream      The age of innocence is fading, like an old dream