Time Will Only Tell

We're gonna learn to love
Throw it all away
We're gonna drink ourselves
To an early grave
Gonna let it slip right through our hands
Gonna bury our heads in the sand

Time will only tell
Time will only tell
Time will only tell
Are we listening to ourselves?

Is there an afterlife
Is there only this?
Or do we spend it all now?
Or do we save our chips?
Situation gettin' kinda mean
Gonna have to deal with
The big war machine

Time will only tell
Time will only tell
Time will only tell
Are we listening to ourselves?

You said, "Father, won't you tell me who I'm supposed to be?
'Cause there's so many pressures with the world at your feet
Every generation's responsibilities to be listening to ourselves"
She said, "Mother, won't you tell me how I'm supposed to feel
'Cause Hollywood has told me it's only mostly real
To stand up and be counted, it takes big nerves of steel
To start listening to ourselves"

Time will only tell
Time will only tell
Time will only tell
Are we listening to ourselves?
Oh, are we listening to ourselves?
Yeah, we listening to ourselves?
Ooh, we listening to ourselves?
Ooh, are we listening to ourselves?
Are we listening to ourselves?
Are we listening to ourselves?