Tables Will Turn



  Water, water everywhere and not a place to stand

  My foundation rests on bedrock

  But the bedrock rests on shifting sand



  Once the mighty jungle gave way to the streets

  Now the city's a jungle again

  Every time the cycle completes

  It's like nothing ever had changed



  Tables will turn, tables will turn, tables will turn

  Tables can turn

  When will I learn that tables will turn

  Tables can turn



  It was always my hope to repay

  All those favors that you would endow

  Though I took what I could yesterday

  Where are the crumbs when I'm so hungry now?



  And the wind cries "Merry Christmas, Happy 4th of July"

  When will I see you again?

  Sometimes it's not safe to fly 'til

  Tables have turned



  This is the law and we didn't make it

  But daily we twist it and bend it and brake it

  And to prove just how little we understand it

  We act as if it's just like we planned it



  We're in a state of constant revolution

  'Cause we got a small problem with our distribution

  And if the balance of power needs arranging

  Then the situation's got to keep changing



  And if you start messin' 'round with the ratio

  It's like tryin' to ride a seesaw solo

  'Cause the further you get from the middle

  You throw the balance off little by little



  "Class distinctions come naturally"

  You think that that can justify the inequity

  And the sky grows black while the cities burn

  And round and round and round, tables will turn



  Tables will turn, tables will turn, tables will turn

  Tables can turn

  When will we learn? Tables will turn

  Tables can turn



  Tables have turned, tables have turned, tables have turned

  Tables are turned, don't be concerned when

  Tables have turned

  Round and round and round, tables will turn