It's time you 

        
learned a less

on
            
It's time that

        
 you understan

d
          
Don't ever cou

             
nt on anybody 


else
            
In this or any

      
 other land

            
I once hoped f

        
or friendship
            
To find a plac

        
e among my kin

d
          
But those were

             
 the childish 


wishes
            
Of someone who

      
 was blind

            
Open up your e

  
yes
            
See the world 

          
from were I st

and
             
Me among the m


ighty
           
You caged at m

   
y command

            
Open up your e

  
yes
            
Give up your s

          
weet fantasyla

nd
             
It's time to g


row up and get

 wise
         
Come now littl

e one
             
Open up your e


yes

           
We all start o


ut the same
            
With simple na

   
ïve trust
            
Shielded from 

   
the many ways
            
That life's no

          
t fair or just

            
But then there

         
 comes a momen

t
            
A simple truth

              
 that you must

 
 face
            
If you depend 

   
on others
            
You'll never f

         
ind your place

              
  
    

            
And as you tak

        
e that first s

tep
            
Upon a path th

              
at's all your 


own
            
You see it all

     
 so clearly
           
The best way t

            
o survive is a

   
ll alone

            
Open up your e

  
yes
            
And see the wo

          
rld from where

 I stand
             
Me among the m


ighty
           
You caged at m

   
y command

            
Open up your e

  
yes
            
And behold the

           
 fading light
             
It's time to g

             
row up and get

 
 wise

         
Come now littl

e one
    
Open up your e

yes
    
Open up your e

yes