Big Ideas (In the Shrinking World)

The economy is shrinking Our money is a joke We should go back to trading seashells And just admit that we're broke And our food supply is shrinking (Yeah, yeah) But we continue happily (Yeah, yeah) Building condos on farm land (Yeah, yeah) And dumping sewage in the sea (Yeah, yeah) Some one's talking 'bout a big idea Someone's talking 'bout a higher vision Everybody's on the run Lookin' out for number one And your big ideas don't fit Big ideas in the shrinking world Big ideas in the shrinking world Big ideas in the shrinking world Well you make us real nervous with your big ideas Our water is shrinking All the pipes are in decay But don't think of it as water It's more like "soup of the day" And our air supply is shrinking (Yeah, yeah) The sky is turning brown (Yeah, yeah) We're getting cancer of the cancer (Yeah, yeah) Just from walking around (Yeah, yeah) Someone's talking 'bout a big idea Someone's pointing to the Savior of the Ages But we can't seem to find the time Someone's talking 'bout a big idea Someone's pointing to a Light in the darkness Everybody's trying to keep their heads above water And your big ideas are rocking the boat Big ideas in the shrinking world Big ideas in the shrinking world Big ideas in the shrinking world Well you make us real angry with your big ideas Now we don't wanna hear about your big ideas Uh, we're too busy to get cosmic with your big ideas