I can't be compromising in my thoughts no more
  I can't prevent the times my anger fills my heart
  I can't be sympathizing with a new lost cause
  I feel I've lost my patience with the world and all
  
  And all the politicians and their hollow promises
  And all the lies, deceit and shame that goes with it
  The working man pays everything for their mistakes
  And with his life too if there was to be a war
  
  So we can only get one chance can we take it
  And we only got one life can't exchange it
  Can we hold on to what we have don't replace it
  The age of innocence is fading.......like an old dream
  
  A life of petty crime gets punished with a holiday
  The victims' mind are scarred for life most everyday
  Assailants know just how much further that can go
  They know the laws are soft conviction chances low
  
  So we can only get one chance can we take it
  And we only got one life can't exchange it
  Can we hold on to what we have don't replace it
  The age of innocence is fading.......like an old dream
  
  You can't protect yourselves even in your own home
  For fear of vigilante cries the victims wipe their eyes
  So now the criminal they launch right in our face
  Judical system lets them do it, a disgrace
  
  Despondent public worries where it will all end
  We can't protect ourselces our kids from the crime trend
  We cannot even warn each other of evil in our midst
  They have more rights than us, you cannot call that just
  
  So we can only get one chance can we take it
  And we only got one life can't exchange it
  Can we hold on to what we have don't replace it
  The age of innocence is fading.......like an old dream
  
  The age of innocence is fading like an old dream