Oxygen Lyrics - Where The Humans Eat - Willy Mason

I wanna be better than oxygen so you can breathe 

When you're drowning and weak in the knees 

I wanna speak louder than Ritalin for all the children 

Who think that they've got a disease 

I wanna be cooler than TV for all the kids that 

Are wondering what they are goin' to be 

We can be stronger than bombs if you're singin' along 

And you know that you really believe 

We can be richer than industry as long as we know 

That there's things that we don't really need 

We can speak louder than ignorance 

'Cause we speak in silence every time our eyes meet 

On and on and on it goes 

The world it just keeps spinning 

Until I'm dizzy, time to breathe 

So close my eyes and start again anew 

I wanna see through all the lies of society 

To the reality, happiness is at stake 

I wanna hold up my head with dignity 

Proud of a life where to give means more than to take 

I want to live beyond the modern mentality 

Where paper is all that you're really taught to create 

Do you remember the forgotten America 

Justice, equality, freedom to every race 

Just need to get past all the lies and hypocrisy 

Make-up and hair to the truth behind every face 

That look around to all the people you see 

How many of them are happy and free? 

I know it sounds like a dream but it's 

The only thing that can get me to sleep at night 

I know it's hard to believe but it's easy 

To see that something here isn't right 

I know the future looks dark but it's 

There that the kids of today must carry the light 

On and on and on it goes 

The world it just keeps spinning 

Until I'm dizzy, time to breathe 

So close my eyes and start again anew 

If I'm afraid to catch a dream, I weave your baskets 

And I'll float them down the river stream 

Each one I weave with words I speak 

To carry love to your relief 

I wanna be better than oxygen so you can breathe 

When you're drowning and weak in the knees 

I wanna speak louder than Ritalin for all the children 

Who think that they've got a disease 

I wanna be cooler than TV for all the kids that 

Are wondering what they are goin' to be 

We can be stronger than bombs if you're singin' along 

And you know that you really believe 

We can be richer than industry as long as we know 

That there's things that we don't really need 

We can speak louder than ignorance 

'Cause we speak in silence every time our eyes meet 

On and on and on it goes 

The world it just keeps spinning 

Until I'm dizzy, time to breathe 

So close my eyes and start again anew