Things Ain't What They Used To Be - Dr. John

Open your eyes so you could see

What’s going on in the world today

Uh, something ain’t right babe

It’s easy to see

Take a look around, people were dying

Oh, look deep in the eyes, the world…

Yeah, tell them they could change right now

For the children of the world!

As I’m getting older

the world is getting colder

Life is getting harder

Don’t know where we go

Things ain’t what it used to be, oh oh!

Looking at the world today

Made you feel… the sorrow

Life is getting harder

Don’t know where we go

Things ain’t what it used to be!

Na, na, na, na

Things ain’t what it used to be

Every day is a fight, it’s so hard to live

In this material world money is always in, oh no

We’re fighting alone

Still, no one knows what we’re flightiness for

Children are starving…

The chemical gas in the air make it hard to breathe

Uh, uh and what’s going on up there, don’t want us to see!

Oh, oh, oh!

As I’m getting older

the world is getting colder

Life is getting harder

Don’t know where we go

Things ain’t what it used to be, oh oh!

Looking at the world today

Made you feel… the sorrow

Life is getting harder

Don’t know where we go

Things ain’t what it used to be!

Na, na, na, na

Things ain’t what it used to be

I wanna know

Look deep in the world leader,

Look deep in the eyes of leaders, yeah

Tell them they could change right now

For the children of the world!

As I’m getting older

the world is getting colder

Life is getting harder

Don’t know where we go

Things ain’t what it used to be, oh oh!

Looking at the world today

Made you feel… the sorrow

Life is getting harder

Don’t know where we go

Things ain’t what it used to be!