Night Time for the Generals — текст песни (Crosby, Stills, Nash (and Young))

(4:20)
Written by David Crosby & Craig Doerge, Published by Stay Straight Music,
Fair Star Music (c) 1987. Recorded March 24th, 1988.


Well it`s nighttime and the long cars
Are arriving at the door,
The general is having another party,
With a congressman or three
And some guys you never see outside the bank.

There`s a laughing clink of glasses
And a polished click of boots
And bitter talk of a country
With a weakness in its roots.

And it`s nighttime for the generals
And the boys at the C.I.A.
Power gone mad in the darkness
Thinking they`re God on a good day
They giveth, they taketh
But they like to take it away.

"Well the fools don`t know the difference
It`s for their own good," they said.
And they shot blind Lady Liberty
In the back of her head.

And it`s nighttime for the generals
And the boys at the C.I.A.
Power gone mad in the darkness
Thinking they`re God on a good day
They giveth, they taketh
But they like to take it away.

They giveth, they taketh,

Nighttime, nighttime, nighttime.


Lead Vocal: David Crosby
Drums: Joe Vitale
Bass: Bob Glaub
Electric Guitars: Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Graham Nash
B 3 Organ: Mike Finnigan
Stephen Stills` guitar solo inspired by James Marshall Hendrix