Dirt Poor Robins - We Forgot We Were Human lyrics

What can be done when the
World has lost it's class?
Wrecking ships for love of all things fast
Though culture slows this
Need for speed avails
So burn the coal and stow the sails
We point to progress with the
Hope it will distract
From crimes against the wisdom of the past
Now stacks of smoke and
Ash are casting trails
Where the air had once prevailed

So tell me what do we need with the sun?
Now we have an electric one
To melt every shadow away
Turn the night into day
So give a shout of "Farewell!"
Now we know we can build it ourselves
But Oh! We stared so long
We forgot we were human

We stand on shoulders of the giants of before
But unlike them we see beyond the shore
The World's gateway, we play a game of chase
On the bit to win the race
What do you need with
These vanities and charms?
Sell your fineries and take arms
And at the front these funds will guarantee
Allied victory

So tell me what do we need with the sun?
Now we have an electric one
To melt every shadow away
Turn the night into day
So give a shout of "Farewell!"
Now we know we can build it ourselves
But Oh! We stared so long
We forgot we were human

What do we need with the sun
(we forgot we were human)
What do we need with the sun
(Oh, no, we forgot we were human)
What do we need with the sun
(we forgot, we forgot we were human)
What do we need with the sun (Oh, no)