作词 : Taylor Notes:Jt on sony.com: the song starts in the final moments of the nixon white house with the president's farewell address. so he says goodbye . . . goodbye. next he's got to walk across the room, out Ack 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 saying Le 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 '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- chorus - 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 road- chorus - 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- chorus -
作词 : Taylor Notes:Jt on sony.com: the song starts in the final moments of the nixon white house with the president's farewell address. so he says goodbye . . . goodbye. next he's got to walk across the room, out Ack 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 saying Le 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 '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- chorus - 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 road- chorus - 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- chorus -
