I wasn't born yesterday but I remember the way things used to be, used to beI know that it was never perfect but we did not have the problems that we see, we seeTell me why, tell me why, what is the reason good people have to die?Oh my, I could tell you all a lie but I wish I didn't have to say goodbye, goodbyeSay goodbye, say goodbye, say goodbye, say goodbyeI keep hearing more and more that they're shooting teenagers in the streetSending children off the wall turned into fathers their children never meetMy generation and every single nation is calling out, falling downI could tell you all a lie but I wish I didn't have to say goodbye, goodbyeSay goodbye, say goodbye, say goodbye, say goodbyeAnd all around the world you can hear them calling out, calling outThe same, the sameI wasn't born yesterday but I remember the way things used to be, used to beAnd I wish that I could lie because a mother shouldn't have to say goodbye, say goodbyeSay goodbye, say goodbye, say goodbye, say goodbyeGoodbyeSay goodbye