Sing a song for the wrong and the wicked and the strong and the sick, as thick as thieves / For the faceless fear that was never so near, too clear to misbelieve

Well the sea is jumping salty and the porpoise has the blues / My recollection’s faulty and I cannot find my shoes

And my wiring is misfiring due to cigarettes and booze / I’m behind in my dues, I just now got the news

He seems to tell us lies and still we will believe him / Then together he will lead us into darkness, my friends

Let it fall down, let it fall down, let it all fall down / Let it fall down, let it fall down, let it all fall down

The man says stand to one side, son, we got to keep this big ball rolling / It’s just a question of controlling for whom the bell is tolling

Let it fall down, let it fall down, let it all fall down / Let it fall down, let it fall down, let it all fall down

There’ll be suffering and starvation in the streets, young man / Just where have you been, old man? Just look out of your window, man

Let it fall down, let it fall down, let it all fall down / Let it fall down, let it fall down, let it all fall down

Well, it ain’t nobody’s fault but our own / Still at least we might could show the good sense to know when we’ve been wrong / And it’s already taken too long, so we bring it to a stop, then we take it from the top

We let it settle on down softly like your gently falling snow / Or let it tumble down and topple like the temple long ago

Let it fall down, let it fall down, let it all fall down / Let it fall down, let it fall down, let it all fall down

Keep hollerin’ timber, timber, I hope it don’t fall on me / I’m hollerin’ timber, whoa, timber, let it all fall down / Go on, let it fall down, let it fall down let it all fall down together

Let it fall down, let it fall down, let it all fall down / Let it fall down, let it fall down, let it all fall down

[By James Taylor © Warner Bros. Records, 1974]