A Sign Of The Ages Lyrics - Gil Scott-heron

It's a sign of the ages 

Markings on my mind 

Men at the crossroads 

At odds with an angry scab 

There can be no salvation 

There can be no rest 

Until all old customs 

Are put to the test 

The gods are all angry 

You hear from the breeze 

As night slams like a hammer 

Yeah, and you drop to your knees 

The questions can't be answered 

You're always haunted by the past 

The world's full of children 

Who grew up too fast 

Yeah, but where can you run 

Since there ain't no world of your own 

And you know that no one will ever miss you, yeah yeah yeah 

When you're finally gone 

So you cry like a baby, a baby 

Or you go out and get high 

But there ain't no peace on Earth, man 

Maybe peace when you die, yeah