In the Spirit of the Times - Kevin Johnson

So you want to eat your cake

And have it there tomorrow

So you want to overtake

But you want to follow

So you want to state your case

By standing in the background

So you say you’ve finally found your way

So you want to live together

And you want to keep your distance

And to make your own waves

At the point of least resistance

So you speak of yesterday

As if it were some lesser day

And so you say you’ve finally found your way

In the spirit of the times we live our lives

With a few surprises and a compromise

To the spirit of the times

We give our lives and never realise we do

Going where the fashion carries us

Going where the trends may fall

We can only do what we can do

That’s all

So the years roll by you

Like raindrops on the window

And you go your separate ways

Like leaves when the autumn wind blows

Do you shape your destiny?

Do you know just where you ought to be?

Or are you at the mercy of the times?

In the spirit of the times we live our lives

With a few surprises and a compromise

To the spirit of the times we give our lives

And never realise we do

Going where the fashion carries us

Going where the trends may fall

We can only do what we can do

That’s all