[Verse 1]
You ask me what I think
I tell you, you ignore it
The reasons for it make me crazy
You ask me what is right
Huh, you never hear it
You're never nowhere near it, baby

[Pre-Chorus]
I spent my life believing
It would not end this way

[Chorus]
All the years we wasted
All the years we tried
All the restless hours
All the times we cried

[Verse 2]
You ask me what I want
I got no answer
I know I'm only dancing faster
So now we're stuck with us
With you and all your stories
But who's the fool and who's the liar?
[Pre-Chorus]
I spent my life believing
It would not end this way

[Chorus]
All the years we wasted
All the years we tried
All the restless hours
All the times we cried
All the years we gambled
All the years you lied
All the hopeless dreamers
All the dreams
All the dreams that died

[Interlude]
Today, our problem is not making miracles, but managing miracles. 
Policies to close the gap that now exists between black and white. 
Whites can help us, but they can't join us. There can be no black-white unity until there is first some black unity. 
We find ourselves reaching with magnificent precision for the moon, but falling into raucous discord on Earth. 
The whole world's watching
The whole world's watching
The whole world's watching
The whole world's watching
The whole world's watching
The whole world's watching
The whole world's watching
The whole world's watching
[Chorus]
All the years we wasted
All the years we tried (Oh)
All the restless hours
All the times we cried (Hey)
All the years we gambled
All the years you lied
All the hopeless dreamers
All the dreams
All the dreams that died

[Outro]
All the years we wasted
All the years we tried
All the restless hours
All the times we cried