Ellis Paul - Washington Dc 5/91 Lyrics
Politician and a stewardessUnderneath the monuments and the moonHe talked of national securityShe talked of paris in june(chorus)The lucky ones if theyre out tonightCan see cherry blossoms bloomingOr ride white carriages beneath city lights but lincolns eyes of stone stare coolAs if bored of the reflecting poolOr hardened by whats hidden from his sight theyre rioting in the capitol tonight...Now the joneses from poughkeepsieRest mall-weary legs in the hotel poolTheyre soaking up reflectionsThe kids are glad theyre out of schoolThe museums were overcrowdedWhite house lines were much too longBut the sights, they were quite beautiful its good to know where the tax moneys gone...New light on your haloWelcome to the city where were rich on pride and pity where a schoolboy, just a foolBoy, gets shot down in daylight a state of shock, a face down on the sidewalk whosSeeing 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 mothers eyW light on your haloAnd it aint shining brightly
