Washington DC 5/91 — текст песни (Ellis Paul)

Politician and a stewardess
Underneath the monuments and the moon
He talked of national security
She talked of Paris in June

(chorus)
The lucky ones if they`re out tonight
Can see cherry blossoms blooming
Or ride white carriages beneath city lights But Lincoln`s eyes of stone stare cool
As if bored of the reflecting pool
Or hardened by what`s hidden from his sight They`re rioting in the capitol tonight...

Now the Joneses from Poughkeepsie
Rest mall-weary legs in the hotel pool
They`re soaking up reflections
The kids are glad they`re out of school
The museums were overcrowded
White House lines were much too long
But the sights, they were quite beautiful It`s good to know where the tax money`s gone...
New Light on your Halo

Welcome to the city where we`re rich on pride and pity Where a schoolboy, just a fool
boy, gets shot down in daylight A state of shock, a face down on the sidewalk Who`s
seeing God and gets the nod to Heaven like a hawk Who keeps the score when the city goes to war -- By guns, by deaths, by money?
A man in a black coat standing in the gun-smoke Sips on white milk and honey...

(chorus)

This can be the playground of the feeble Where the mindless mix the soil of play with evil A child becomes the means because innocence is believable To all, to all, to all, but their mother`s eyes New light on your halo

And it ain`t shining brightly