《The New Wild West》歌词

[00:00:00] The New Wild West

[00:00:00] The New Wild West

[00:00:16] You see the ghost of the buffalo moving both fierce and slow

[00:00:16] You see the ghost of the buffalo moving both fierce and slow

[00:00:21] Like glittering prophesies on the edge of the horizon

[00:00:21] Like glittering prophesies on the edge of the horizon

[00:00:29] As you drive glittering highways and beaten-up byways

[00:00:29] As you drive glittering highways and beaten-up byways

[00:00:34] That straddle and girdle our great and many-faced nation

[00:00:34] That straddle and girdle our great and many-faced nation

[00:00:42] You see the lambs in the ghettos who worship their Gepettos

[00:00:42] You see the lambs in the ghettos who worship their Gepettos

[00:00:46] Believing in, never seeing, the strings they think bind them

[00:00:46] Believing in, never seeing, the strings they think bind them

[00:00:54] So we write to our congressmen with bleeding pens of the sorrow within

[00:00:54] So we write to our congressmen with bleeding pens of the sorrow within

[00:01:01] And in return, they just send tickets to the latest Tom Hanks show

[00:01:01] And in return, they just send tickets to the latest Tom Hanks show

[00:01:10] Welcome to the new wild west

[00:01:10] Welcome to the new wild west

[00:01:19] Each man for himself

[00:01:19] Each man for himself

[00:01:27] Civilized steeples

[00:01:27] Civilized steeples

[00:01:30] And lonely people

[00:01:30] And lonely people

[00:01:35] Welcome to the new wild west

[00:01:35] Welcome to the new wild west

[00:01:44] There are so many factions and cue-card reactions

[00:01:44] There are so many factions and cue-card reactions

[00:01:48] It's hard to keep clear the possibilities here 'cause there's no force to unite them

[00:01:48] It's hard to keep clear the possibilities here 'cause there's no force to unite them

[00:01:58] Privilege has ruled for thousands of years

[00:01:58] Privilege has ruled for thousands of years

[00:02:03] Wars have been fought with bibles and tears

[00:02:03] Wars have been fought with bibles and tears

[00:02:07] Yet liberation can't deny the temptation and soon becomes the oppressor

[00:02:07] Yet liberation can't deny the temptation and soon becomes the oppressor

[00:02:15] Show me a leader who's fit to lead

[00:02:15] Show me a leader who's fit to lead

[00:02:20] Who don't sow his seed in anything wounded enough to breed

[00:02:20] Who don't sow his seed in anything wounded enough to breed

[00:02:24] Because after all, what fun is power if you can't act like a rock star?

[00:02:24] Because after all, what fun is power if you can't act like a rock star?

[00:02:32] Welcome to the new wild west

[00:02:32] Welcome to the new wild west

[00:02:42] Each man for himself

[00:02:42] Each man for himself

[00:02:49] A nation of civilized steeples

[00:02:49] A nation of civilized steeples

[00:02:53] And lonely people

[00:02:53] And lonely people

[00:02:57] Welcome to the new wild west

[00:02:57] Welcome to the new wild west

[00:03:21] As for me, I've been petty

[00:03:21] As for me, I've been petty

[00:03:24] Oh, and unkind, but I know my own mind

[00:03:24] Oh, and unkind, but I know my own mind

[00:03:28] And since it seems clear there's no one leading us here

[00:03:28] And since it seems clear there's no one leading us here

[00:03:32] The only thing left it appears is to task ourselves to be better each time, than those before us

[00:03:32] The only thing left it appears is to task ourselves to be better each time, than those before us

[00:03:39] We'll be an army of thieves, of self-freed slaves, of mild-mannered maids

[00:03:39] We'll be an army of thieves, of self-freed slaves, of mild-mannered maids

[00:03:46] We'll fight with whispers and blades

[00:03:46] We'll fight with whispers and blades

[00:03:48] So get ready, a new day is dawning

[00:03:48] So get ready, a new day is dawning

[00:03:57] Welcome to the new wild west

[00:03:57] Welcome to the new wild west

[00:04:06] Each man for himself

[00:04:06] Each man for himself

[00:04:14] A nation of civilized steeples

[00:04:14] A nation of civilized steeples

[00:04:18] And lonely people

[00:04:18] And lonely people

[00:04:22] Welcome to the new wild west

[00:04:22] Welcome to the new wild west

[00:04:22] Welcome to the new wild west