James Taylor - Line 'em Up Lyrics
Notes:Jt on sony.com: the song starts in the final moments of the nixon white house with the presidents farewell address. so he says goodbye . . . goodbye. next hes got to walk across the room, outAck door, across the lawn, past the vacant but alert (zen) marine, into the helicopter and away. he does this by lining up the white house staff and moving down the line shaking hands and sayingLe things - voila.After some typical personal stuff the songs ends in madison square garden in 1987 with a mass wedding of the unification church; the reverend sun moon presiding via satellite video down link.None of this may have actually happened.I remember richard nixon back in 74And the final scene at the white house doorAnd the staff lined up to say good-byeTiny tear in his shifty little eyeHe said nobody knows meNobody understandsThese little people were good to meOh Im gonna shake some handsChorus:Somebody line em upLine em all upLine em upLine em all upLine em upLine em all upLine em upLine em all upAt that time my heart was all brokeI looked like ashes and smelled like smokeAnd I turned away from my loving kindTry to leave my body and live in my mindBut its much too much emotionTo hold it in your handTheyve got waves out on the oceanTheyre gonna wear away the land- chorus -Oh Ive seen corn in kansasAnd Ive seen picket fencesAnd certain cowboy dancesIve gone lining up for showsIve been safely placed in rowsSure I know how it goesAnother day goes byLittle time machineIm breaking my brainOver what it might meanJust to claim the timeAnd to turn awayTo make today todayWho waits for youLonely tired old toadIts your life laid out before youLike the broken white line down the center of the road- chorus -Yeah, big moon landingPeople all standing upSmiles for the loved onesThey go walking on down the aislesEach re-engages stepping into the sunI watch them turn like pagesOne by one by one- chorus -
