Generation Away

[Verse 1] If I was a summer, I want to be '69 I'd be chilling, listening to Dylan, holding up a peace sign And if I was a prison, I want to be Folsom Johnny Cash be rocking that black Singing to the stripes and kicking out all the lights [Chorus] Hey, what can I say? I hope they'd talk about us that way There ain't no place I'd rather be Than right here making history Hey, what can we do? Here we are, it's me and you So let's take all the pictures we can take For the generation away Come on! [Verse 2] If I was an old car, I want to be a Mustang American made with a white rag top on a blue sky kind of day And if I was a preacher, I want to be Dr. King Oh, I know he's up there smiling down ‘cause we all still have a dream [Chorus] Hey, what can I say? I hope they'd talk about us that way There ain't no place I'd rather be Than right here making history Hey, what can we do? Here we are, it's me and you So let's take all the pictures we can take For the generation away [Verse 3] Let's make some memories while we can Laugh and love, don't miss your chance Cause he still got the whole world in his hands So baby let's dance Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh [Chorus] Yeah I'm singing Hey, what can I say? I hope they talk about us that way Raise your voice and have no fear Let them know that you were here Singing Hey, what can we do? Here we are, it's me and you So let's take all the pictures we can take And let's make all the memories we can make For the generation away [Outro] Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh He's got the whole world in his hands He's got the whole world in his hands He's got the whole wide world right in his hands So come on now, everybody just dance He's got the whole world in his hands He's got the whole world in his hands He's got the whole wide world right in his hands So sing out loud and wave your hands Got the whole word Got the whole wide world The whole wide world, oh yeah Now everybody in the party Everybody in the place Come on and put your hands up Come on and put your hands up Oh no, oh oh, yeah