Waiting on the World to Change - John Mayer

Waiting on the World to Change - John Mayer

Me and all my friends
We're all misunderstood
They say we stand for nothing and
There's no way we ever could
Now we see everything that's going wrong
With the world and those who lead it
We just feel like we don't have the means
To rise above and beat it
So we keep waiting
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting
Waiting on the world to change
It's hard to beat the system
When we're standing at a distance
So we keep waiting
Waiting on the world to change
Now if we had the power
To bring our neighbors home from war
They would have never missed a Christmas
No more ribbons on their door
And when you trust your television
What you get is what you got
Cause when they own the information,
oh They can bend it all they want
That's why we're waiting
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting
Waiting on the world to change
It's not that we don't care,
We just know that the fight ain't fair
So we keep on waiting
Waiting on the world to change
And we're still waiting
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting waiting on the world to change
One day our generation
Is gonna rule the population
So we keep on waiting
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting
Waiting on the world to change

Play-A-Day (Day ??)

Lights up on a young boy sitting on a metal chair in the middle of the stage. At the beginning there is nothing around him. Lights then fade. When they return the boy is still sitting there. All around him are other young children playing school yard games such as hop scotch, jacks, marbles, etc. The boy merely sits there waiting.

One of the children
Hey do you wanna play with us [to the boy]

Boy
No thanks, I'm waiting.

Lights fade. When lights return there is a teenage boy sitting in the same chair. All around him are young couples dancing under a slowly spinning disco ball. After a little while one of the girls not dancing in the room walks over to the teenager.

Girl
Would you like to dance?

Boy
No thanks, I'm waiting.

Lights fade. When lights return a young man is sitting in the chair and people passing by him on and offstage are all wearing business suites and are caugh up in the hustle and bustle of thier lives. Then one of the business people approaches the young man.

Business Man
Hey my boss is looking for new potential and was wondering if you'd like to come in for an interview?

Man
No thanks, I'm waiting.

Lights fade. When lights return a old man is sitting in the chair alone and no one is around him.

Man
Only a little while longer.

Lights fade.