Dar Williams Terrarium Lyrics

Terrarium Lyrics

It's another world we live in here so radical and clean 
Every Saturday we
protest things out on the campus green 
And we came from far to find this
place where hearts and minds are free 
And we walk together on the grass
in peaceful anarchy 

Where the things we've amassed are undeniably
surpassed 
By the value of our goals and how high we can reach 
So
when no one can pass Professor Leon Siegel's class 
It's okay because we
still absorb the great things he can teach 

We send our greetings
from the terrarium 
That earthy college paradise where kids can work and
play 
But you know that when we leave from this terrarium 
We're
told that we are going to save the world someday 

It's another world
we live in 'midst the placid greenery 
We can talk about disaster and
admire the scenery 
When we cannot find an answer to our Nicaraguan
war 
We can order out for pizza and deliver it some more 

But
while nothing much gets done and what we do just looks like fun 
You must
remember what we do is more important than it sounds 
For when a case is
well done in Constitution 101 
We know that bigger trials are possible to
win on bigger grounds 

We extend our greetings from the
terrarium 
That earthy college paradise where kids can work and
play 
But you know that when we leave from this terrarium 
We're
told that we are going to save the world someday 

There's a fear that
you will sell your dreams for stock and cut your hair 
As you throw your
graduation cap up in the real world air 
Then you see a man in uniform
approaching your best friend 
As he shakes the woman's hand he says
"We need a few good men" 

And it really breaks your heart
to know she majored in Greek art 
And now your pacifistic friend asks for
his card just like a queen 
Yeah, but then you'll watch her smile and
start to shred that little card apart 
And the small white pieces flutter
down like doves upon the green 

We still get greetings from the
terrarium 
That earthy college paradise that we all loved and
ran 
And you know that now that we're gone from the terrarium 
We
may not save the world but we know that we'll do the best we can