How Long

How long does it take For a taker not to take Any more than what he needs to make it work How long will it be Till those seeing eyes will see Just enough to try and be a little more And how long were wishing That the talkers would just listen You can hear a further distance in the quiet And how long did the sky Make the dreamers wonder why Only birds had wings to fly away How long will you sleep While the sweepers sweet the street And you've never placed your feet anywhere How long till that sound Rings in one too many towns And you throw your canons down on the ground And how long we've been wishing For the things that we're still missing But you still can learn a lesson if you try It's been not so long since I Took a plane across that sky