Hey now, the well run dry Pages of the book on fire Read the writing On the wall This hoedown, it's a showdown Everywhere you look, they're fighting Yes hear the call And you know it's getting stronger They don't last very much longer Turn to stone Well, there's a change in the wind All the signs don't lie Such a strange feelin' and I don't know why It's takin' Such a long time They're backyard people And they work all day Tired of the speeches And the way that the reasons keep changin' To make the words rhyme And you know it's getting stronger Can't make 'em very much longer Turn to stone Stone