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When the world and I were young just yesterday.

Life was such a simple game a child could play.

It was easy then to tell

Right from wrong

Easy then to tell

Weak from strong,

When a man should stand and fight

Or just go along.

But today there is no day or night

Today there is no dark or light

Today there is no black or white

Only shades of gray.

I remember when the answers seemed so clear,

We had never lived with doubt or tasted fear

It was easy then to tell

Truth from lies

Selling out

From compromise

Who to love and who to hate

The foolish from the wise.

But today there is no day or night

Today there is no dark or light

Today there is no black or white

Only shades of gray.

It was easy then to know

What was fair

When to keep

And when to share

How much to protect your heart

And how much to care.

But today there is no day or night

Today there is no dark or light

Today there is no black or white

Only shades of gray.