Lyrics:

Written by: John Mellencamp and George GreenThis land today, shall draw its last breathAnd take into its ancient depthsThis frail reminder of its giant, dreaming self.While I, with human-hindered eyesUnequal to the sweeping curve of life,Stand on this single print of time.Human wheels spin round and roundWhile the clock keeps the pace.Human wheels spin round and roundHelp the light to my face.That time, today, no triumph gainsAt this short success of age.This pale reflection of its brave andBlundering deed.For I, descend from this vault,Now dreams beyond my earthly faultKnowledge, sure, from the seed.Human wheels spin round and roundWhile the clock keeps the pace.Human wheels spin round and roundHelp the light to my face.This land, today, my tears shall tasteAnd take into its dark embrace.This love, who in my beating heart endures,Assured, by every sun that burns,The dust to which this flesh shall return.It is the ancient, dreaming dust of God.Human wheels spin round and roundWhile the clock keeps the pace.Human wheels spin round and roundHelp the light to my face.Human wheels spin round and roundWhile the clock keeps the pace.Human wheels spin round and roundHelp the light to my face.