Some Things Never Change

I went back to my hometown

To the school and walked around

And the way it felt

It seemed just like yesterday

From the cradle to the grave

Some say we never change

No matter how we try

We try to rearrange

And like father so like son

It's as if we're both as one

Just as if our fate was

It was pre-ordained

In some countries far from here

You know, the ones we used to fear

Are they waiting to return to

Those old evil ways

You can take a correspondence course

Be single, married, or divorced

You can psychoanalyze your brain

But you know some things will never change

And what will those people do

When Russia starts anew

They'll just stand in line

All under a different name

You can listen to those brainwashed tapes

Take a Jewish, Catholic, Buddhist faith

But I'm sure it's gonna be in vain

Cause you know some things will never change

If their theories all reap true

Then there's nothing we can do

Where the future lies

Yeah it's not too hard to tell

But after all is said and done

And the world it lives as one

You can bid those old taboos

A fond fare well

Yes a long fare well

A fairly long fare well