The Human Show Words and music by Joe FicklinCan you remember when flying by jet was novelty Am Am E E And shows you watched were black and white, broadcast live on T.V.?Am Am E E People read the papers, they listened to radio C C D D It took a generation; watch the ever changing human show C D C/D C/D G This ancient veneration was the world our parents used to know C D C/D C/D G People got their history from the stories that they read Now we wait until someone in Hollywood makes a film instead And some will still complain if the action moves too slow It took a generation; watch the ever changing human show On permanent vacation from the wars that wracked the world below My uncle told me of a girl, she died when she was nine One day she got pneumonia, the day before she had been fine They dug her grave with shovels, held a service in the snow It took a generation; watch the ever changing human show With horrible fascination; dying young wasn’t all that long ago It has been a few years since computers were just novelty And soon we’ll watch our high-def blue-ray slasher flicks in bright 3-D Who then will think to wonder how much further we will go? It takes a generation; watch the ever changing human show This dynamic renovation, swimming in a warm electric glow Bridge (unwritten) Behold the naked genome; edit life to change the story Knowing no disease or war but taking steps towards untold glory Programmed bodies, agile minds; watch them as they godlike grow It takes a generation; watch the ever changing human show The search for cool elation from which all future wonders flow Our children then will wonder how we ever stayed alive Mere brutes with tarnished minds in a slow extinction drive They’ll take the stars in hand, leave behind this world of woe It'll take a generation; watch the ever changing human show A sense for new sensation, laws of Darwin now to overthrow It takes a generation; watch the ever changing human show