Gil Scott-Heron - Spirits Past lyrics

It's getting to be the time of year
When people once spoke of love and good cheer
Peace on earth and good will to all men
And we all believed that there'd come a day
When peace would be much more
Than on it's way
Cause peace has been on it's way
Since I don't know when

And the folks who decide what will be
They haven't confided in me
And I don't think that everybody
Can wait 'til then

It makes me sad that my kids won't see
Christmas the way it used to be
I was so excited though we
Didn't have a dime
But that seems like such a long time ago
And I am still a child I know
But it seems like we've lost
Much more than the time

'Cause the folks who decide what will be
They haven't confided in me
And I don't think that everybody
Can wait 'til then
No, I don't think that everybody
Can wait 'til then
No, I don't think that everybody
Can wait 'til then