GOOD-NIGHT CHET AND GOOD-NIGHT DAVID
THE SUN IS SETTING ON US ALL
OH YOU AGELESS TV DANCERS
WITH ALL THE PROBLEMS AND NO ANSWERS
SOMETIME THE CURTAIN'S GOT TO FALL
AND UP IN LANSING THEY'VE GOT LAYOFFS
AND IN BELFAST THEY'VE GOT BOMBS
WITH MORE BLOODSHED THAN THEY EVER COULD AFFORD
I'M JUST THANKFUL ON MY KNEES I'VE GOT THE LORD

GOOD-NIGHT CHET AND GOOD-NIGHT DAVID
THE YEARS ARE PASSING ON US ALL
ARE WE REALLY GETTING SMARTER
OR SIMPLY TRYING HARDER
TO IGNORE THE ONE WHO TELLS US WHEN WE'RE WRONG
AND UP IN BOSTON THEY'VE GOT BUSING
AND ABORTION IN L.A.
WITH MORE LOSS OF LIFE THAN ANY SINGLE WAR
I'M JUST THANKFUL ON MY KNEES I'VE GOT THE LORD

WHERE'S THE CHILDISH LAUGHTER GONE TO
WHERE'RE THE DREAMS WE ONCE HELD ONTO
AND WHO DECIDED THAT IT'S WRONG TO
BE A PEOPLE UNDER GOD
WELL I KNOW WHAT MEN ARE SAYING
BUT I'M HOPING AND I'M PRAYING
THAT WE'LL FORGET THESE GAMES WE'RE PLAYING
AND RESCUE WHAT WE'VE GOT

GOOD-NIGHT CHET AND GOOD-NIGHT DAVID
THE SKY IS FALLING ON US ALL
BUT THERE IS NO CHICKEN LITTLE
NO WE'RE CAUGHT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE
OF A STRUGGLE WITH OUR BACKS AGAINST THE WALL
AND SOME ARE GONNA FLY AWAY
BUT MOST WON'T EVEN CRAWL
AND UP IN LANSING THEY'VE GOT LAYOFFS
AND IN BELFAST THEY'VE GOT BOMBS
WITH MORE BLOODSHED THAN THEY EVER COULD AFFORD
I'M JUST THANKFUL ON MY KNEES I'VE GOT THE LORD