Forty Years — текст песни (Joe Jackson)

(on the 10th anniversary of the end of world war ii)



Here in berlin - people line up to get in

To wait for the end - living in glorious sin

Theyve looked around - and now there is no looking back

To when rivers ran red - now its the sky that grows black

Shadows are cast as two giants roam over the earth

We light a match - but what is that little flame worth



Once allies danced and sang

But it was forty years ago



Here in d.c. - they talk about euro-disease

And how the french are always so damn hard to please

Otions are passed in brussels but no one agrees

And no one walks tall - but no-one gets down on their knees



Once allies laughed and drank

But it was forty years ago



Where I come from

They dont like americans much

They think theyre so loud, so tasteless, and so out of touch

Stiff upper lips are curled into permanent sneers

Self-satisfied

Awaiting the next forty years



Once allies cried and cheered

But it was forty years ago