Remember when the days were long   And rolled beneath a deep blue sky   Didn't have a care in the world   With mother and daddy standin' by   But "happily ever after" fails   And we've been poisoned by these fairy tales   The lawyer dwell on small details   Since daddy had to fly       But I know a place where we can go   That's still untouched by men   We could sit and watch the clouds roll by   And the tall grass wave in the wind   You can lay your head back on the ground   And let your hair fall all around me   Offer up your best defense    But this is the end   This is the end of the innocence       O'beautiful, for spacious skies   But now those skies are threatening   They're beating plowshares into swords   For this tired old man that’s no longer king   Armchair warriors often fail   And we've been poisoned by these fairy tales   The lawyers dwell on small details   Since daddy had to fly.       Bt I know a place where we can go   And was a away this sin   We'll sit and watch the clouds roll by   And the tall grass wave in the wind   Just lay your head back on the ground   And let your hair spill all around me   Offer up your best defense   But this is the end   This is the end of the innocence       Who knows how long this will last   Now we've come so far, so fast   But, somewhere back there in the dust   That same small town in each of us   I need to remember this   So baby give me just one kiss   Come and take a long last look   Before we say goodbye       Just lay your head back on the ground   And let your hair fall all around me   Offer up your best defense   But this is the end   This is the end of the innocence