Line `Em Up — текст песни (James Taylor)

I remember Richard Nixon back in `74
And the final scene at the White House door
And the staff lined up to say good-bye
Tiny tear in his shifty little eye
He said nobody knows me
Nobody understands
These little people were good to me
Oh I`m gonna shake some hands

CHORUS:
Somebody line `em up
Line `em all up
Line `em up
Line `em all up
Line `em up
Line `em all up
Line `em up
Line `em all up

At that time my heart was all broke
I looked like ashes and smelled like smoke
And I turned away from my loving kind
Try to leave my body and live in my mind
But it`s much too much emotion
To hold it in your hand
They`ve got waves out on the ocean
They`re gonna wear away the land

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Oh I`ve seen corn in Kansas
And I`ve seen picket fences
And certain cowboy dances
I`ve gone lining up for shows
I`ve been safely placed in rows
Sure I know how it goes

Another day goes by
Little time machine
I`m breaking my brain
Over what it might mean
Just to claim the time
And to turn away
To make today today

Who waits for you
Lonely tired old toad
It`s your life laid out before you
Like the broken white line down the center of the doggone road

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Yeah, big moon landing
People all standing up
Smiles for the loved ones
They go walking on down the aisles
Each re-engages stepping into the sun
I watch them turn like pages
One by one by one

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