In the year 2525
Em D
1. In the year 25-25, if man is still alive,
C D
if woman can survive, you may find.
Em D
In the year 35-35, ain`t gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lies.
C D
Everything, you think, do and say, is in the pill you took today.
Em
D
2. In the year 45-45, you ain`t gonna need your teeth,
won`t need you eyes.
C
D
You won`t find a thing to chew, nobody`s gonna look at you.
Em D
In the year 55-55, your arms hanging limp at your sides,
C
D
your legs got nothing to do, some machine`s doing that for you.
Em
3. In the year 65-65,
D
you won`t need no husband, won`t need your wife.
C
You`ll pick your son, pick your daughter, too,
D
from ther bottom of a long glass tube.
Em D
In the year 75-10, if God`s a-coming, he oughta make it by
then.
C
Maybe he`ll look around himself and say,
D
“Guess it`s time for the judgement day.“
Em D
4. In the year 85-10, God is gonna shake his mighty head,
C
he`ll either say, “I`m pleased, where man
has been,
D
or tear it down and start again.
Em D
In the year 95-95, I`m kind of wondring, if man is gonna be
alive.
C
He`s taken everything this old earth can
give,
D
and he ain`t put back nothing.
Em D
5. Now it`s been 10,000 years, man has cried a billion tears,
C D
for what he never knew, now man`s reign is through.
Em D
But through eternal night, the twinkling of starlight,
C D
so very far away, maybe it`s only yesterday.
Em D
In the year 25-25, if man is still alive,
C D
if woman can survive, you may find.
(Zagger + Evans)