Joe Jackson - Forty Years Lyrics
(on the 10th anniversary of the end of world war ii)Here in berlin - people line up to get inTo wait for the end - living in glorious sinTheyve looked around - and now there is no looking backTo when rivers ran red - now its the sky that grows blackShadows are cast as two giants roam over the earthWe light a match - but what is that little flame worthOnce allies danced and sangBut it was forty years agoHere in d.c. - they talk about euro-diseaseAnd how the french are always so damn hard to pleaseOtions are passed in brussels but no one agreesAnd no one walks tall - but no-one gets down on their kneesOnce allies laughed and drankBut it was forty years agoWhere I come fromThey dont like americans muchThey think theyre so loud, so tasteless, and so out of touchStiff upper lips are curled into permanent sneersSelf-satisfiedAwaiting the next forty yearsOnce allies cried and cheeredBut it was forty years ago
