It's time you learned a lesson
It's time that you understand
Don't ever count on anybody else
In this or any other land
I once hoped for friendship
To find a place among my kind
But those were the childish wishes
Of someone who was [Am7]blind
Open up your eyes
See the world from were I stand
Me among [Am]the mighty
You caged at my [A]command
Open up your eyes
Give up your sweet fantasyland
It's time to [C7]grow up and [Bm]get wise
Come now little one
Open up your eyes
We all [Em]start out the same
With simple naïve tɾust
Shielded from the many ways
That life's not fair or just
But then there comes a moment
A simple tɾuth that you [A7must face
If you [A7depend on [C7]others
You'll never find your place
And as you [A7take that first step
Upon [C7]a path that's all [Em]your own
You see it all [Em]so clearly
The best way to [C7]survive is all [Em]alone
Open up your eyes
And see the world from where I stand
Me among [Am]the mighty
You caged at my [A]command
Open up your eyes
And behold the fading light
It's time to [C7]grow up and [Bm]get wise
Come now little one
Open up your eyes
Open up your eyes
