Butterflies are making different wings

as they go up to the sky

Beauty took them only so far,

and then they’re gone

Malevolent times are tripping through the Spring

Until the morning comes before the trial

Power takes a turn to powerless,

and then it’s gone

 

The life you cared for,

the life you dared for

and heroes working all their lives

Plans were gold for the times when they got old

 

Life you cared for,

life they dared for

and heroes working all their lives

Plans were gold for the times when they got old

 

Futile tries through there, the latest thing,

and the lawyers shake their hands and smile

Sing a song and charge you hourly,

and then they’re gone

And the pension pirates raid the bones and bling

til there’s nothing left but bones and bile

Their golden years they worked at WalMart,

and then they’re gone

 

and the life you cared for, life they dared for

and heroes working all their lives

Plans were gold for the times when they got old

 

and the life you cared for, the life they dared for

and heroes working all their lives

Plans were gold for the times when they got old

the Plans that they made

 

Huddled masses, tired, and poor will bring,

a willing Mexico to do your jobs

A cut in pay refused to management,

and then you’re gone

And so the wives who thought their would-be king

turn to widows of a homeless prize

Their veils are black and children showerless,

the dream is gone

 

and the life you cared for, the life you dared for

and heroes working all their lives

Plans were gold for the times when they got old

and the life you cared for, the life they dared for

and heroes working all their lives

Plans were gold for the times when they got old

 

the Plans that they made