Tomorrow Never Came lyrics
We believed in something better
We believed in better days
Now we're standing in the future
And it doesn't look the same
We grew up on a promise
Underneath the neon lights
They said the world was getting better
We just had to give it time
Get a job and build a future
Find a place to call your own
Keep your head down, do what's right
And you'll have something to show
We did everything they told us
Gave our best and played the game
But somewhere on the road to freedom
Someone went and changed the lanes
We were waiting for tomorrow
But tomorrow never came
We gave everything we had
And they moved the finish line again
We were promised something better
Now we're paying for their games
We were waiting for tomorrow
But tomorrow never came
Oh-oh-oh, where did it go?
Oh-oh-oh, the future we were owed
Oh-oh-oh, we believed
In a world we'd never see
Now the rent keeps getting higher
And the paycheck stays the same
Every dream has got a price tag
Every promise has a name
They sell us hope in pretty colors
Put a smile on every lie
While the ones who make the money
Tell the rest of us to try
They say patience is a virtue
They say change will come in time
Funny how the ones who tell us
Never have to wait in line
We were waiting for tomorrow
But tomorrow never came
We gave everything we had
And they moved the finish line again
We were promised something better
Now we're paying for their games
We were waiting for tomorrow
But tomorrow never came
Maybe they believed it too
Maybe they were waiting just like us
For a world where doing right
Would somehow be enough
But I can't keep making excuses
For the things we let survive
When the people building fortunes
Leave the rest of us behind
I don't want another promise
I don't need another dream
I just want the world we talked about
To mean something to me
And if the future's never coming
If the road was never fair
Then we'll have to build tomorrow
With the people standing here
We were waiting for tomorrow
But tomorrow starts today
We gave everything we had
And we won't give our hope away
We still believe in something better
Though the world has let us down
We were waiting for tomorrow
Now we're building it somehow
Oh-oh-oh, we're still here
Oh-oh-oh, through the broken years
Oh-oh-oh, we believe
In a world we've yet to see
We believed in something better
We believed in better days
They never gave us tomorrow...
But they can't take today.