remember when the days were long and rolled beneath a deep blue sky didn t have a care in the world with mommy and daddy standin by but happily ever after fails and we ve been poisoned by these fairy tales the lawyer dwell on small details since daddy had to fly but i know a place where we can go that s still untouched by men we could sit and watch the clouds roll by and the tall grass wave in the wind you can lay your head back on the ground and let your hair fall all around me offer up your best defense but this is the end this is the end of the innocence o beautiful for spacious skies but now those skies are threatening they re beating plowshares into swords for this tired old man that we elected king armchair warriors often fail and we ve been poisoned by these fairy tales the lawyers dwell on small details since daddy had to lie but i know a place where we can go and was a away this sin we ll sit and watch the clouds roll by and the tall grass wave in the wind just lay your head back on the ground and let your hair spill all around me offer up your best defense but this is the end this is the end of the innocence who knows how long this will last now we ve come so far so fast but somewhere back there in the dust that same small town in each of us i need to remember this so baby give me just one kiss come and take a long last look before we say goodbye just lay your head back on the ground and let your hair fall all around me offer up your best defense but this is the end this is the end of the innocence