《Wasteland(Album Version)》歌词

[00:00:00] Wasteland - Dan Bern

[00:00:16] I saw the best of my

[00:00:17] Generation playing pinball

[00:00:22] Maked up and caked up

[00:00:23] And looking like some

[00:00:24] Kind of china doll

[00:00:29] With all of Adolf Hitler's moves down cold

[00:00:32] As they stood up in front

[00:00:33] Of a Rock and Roll band

[00:00:39] And always moving

[00:00:40] Upward and ever upward

[00:00:42] To this gentle golden promised land

[00:00:49] With the smartest of them all

[00:00:51] Moonlighting as a word processor

[00:00:53] And the strongest of them all

[00:00:55] Checking IDs outside saloons

[00:00:57] And the prettiest of

[00:00:59] All taking off her clothes

[00:01:01] In front of men whose eyes look like

[00:01:03] They were in some little hick town

[00:01:05] Near Omaha watching the police chief

[00:01:08] Run his car off the side of a bridge

[00:01:13] I saw men with dreams

[00:01:15] Like the ones I'd had

[00:01:17] Beg quarters outside the Seven-Eleven

[00:01:20] Till it got so they didn't affect me anymore

[00:01:22] Than the mailboxes I'd passed

[00:01:24] 'Cept that sometimes

[00:01:25] I'd put somthing in the mailbox

[00:01:32] I'd had the wind at my back

[00:01:35] Now I felt it cold in my face

[00:01:37] And for an awful long time now

[00:01:40] You were the only one

[00:01:41] Who ever called me late at night

[00:01:43] And I really never noticed

[00:01:44] Till after you stopped calling

[00:01:46] And the emptiness

[00:01:48] Silence got so heavy

[00:01:56] Broken up in the wasteland

[00:02:00] Broken up in the promised land

[00:02:03] Broken up in Disneyland

[00:02:07] Broken up in the plastic land

[00:02:11] Broken up in the wasteland

[00:02:14] Broken up in the wasteland

[00:02:17] Broken up in the wasteland

[00:02:27] I saw dead Marilyn Monroe

[00:02:29] Strung up on every

[00:02:30] Street corner in Hollywood

[00:02:31] Like some two bit

[00:02:32] Whore offering a discount rate

[00:02:35] And I wondered how Joe Dimaggio felt

[00:02:39] I saw dead James Dean's ghost

[00:02:42] Wandering the sidewalk looking troubled

[00:02:45] And I wondered how his mama felt

[00:02:50] I saw signs that said

[00:02:51] "Headshots done for cheap"

[00:02:53] Signs that said "Extras wanted top dollars paid"

[00:02:56] Signs for 'Haircuts' and signs for 'Manicures'

[00:03:00] And signs for "Tanning salons"

[00:03:02] And signs for 'Wardrobe specialists

[00:03:04] Signs for "Cosmetic surgery'

[00:03:06] And signs for 'Assertiveness training'

[00:03:07] And I stopped to read them all

[00:03:11] And every single block

[00:03:12] Looked like every single block

[00:03:14] Looked like every single

[00:03:15] Block looked like every single block

[00:03:18] But she kept driving

[00:03:20] 'Cause everyone else kept driving

[00:03:22] And 'cause gridlock is evil and

[00:03:24] Not knowing anywhere is evil

[00:03:29] And those who had money looked good

[00:03:31] But weren't too happy and

[00:03:32] Those who didn't have money

[00:03:34] Didn't look so good

[00:03:34] And weren't too happy either

[00:03:36] And in a city of three million

[00:03:37] Two hundred and sixty nine thousand

[00:03:40] Nine hundred eighty four

[00:03:41] Everyone was lonely

[00:03:48] Broken up in the wasteland

[00:03:52] Broken up in the promised land

[00:03:55] Broken up in Disneyland

[00:03:59] Broken up in the plastic land

[00:04:03] Broken up in the wasteland

[00:04:06] Broken up in the wasteland

[00:04:09] Broken up in the wasteland

[00:04:19] And I watched as everyone

[00:04:22] I knew spent their lives

[00:04:24] Trying to be watched on stage

[00:04:26] Watched on film or listened to on a record

[00:04:29] And they thought

[00:04:30] "Well maybe that way

[00:04:31] I could get a little love out of this life"

[00:04:35] And I watched as the best of my generation

[00:04:39] Abandoned their dreams and

[00:04:41] Settled for making a little money

[00:04:45] I watched TV read the papers

[00:04:49] Listend to the radio

[00:04:50] And made all the fancy scenes

[00:04:52] And said all the right words

[00:04:54] And wore all the right clothes

[00:04:55] And knew the names of the hip people

[00:04:58] But I still felt out of touch

[00:05:00] So I stopped watching TV

[00:05:01] And reading the papers and

[00:05:03] Listening to the radio

[00:05:04] And making the fancy scenes

[00:05:06] And saying the right words

[00:05:08] And wearing the right clothes

[00:05:09] And knowing the names of the hip people

[00:05:11] And I felt more out of touch

[00:05:13] Than ever but I didn't care anymore

[00:05:20] And I felt you slipping away and

[00:05:23] I felt myself slipping from you

[00:05:26] And I wanted more than anything else

[00:05:27] For it to rain for one whole day like it used to

[00:05:31] But all there ever was was sun

[00:05:33] Relentless sun hot beating sun

[00:05:36] And everyone wore their sunglasses

[00:05:38] And walked around like

[00:05:39] Flies under magnifying glass

[00:05:41] With their eyes removed

[00:05:48] Broken up in the wasteland

[00:05:51] Broken up in the promised land

[00:05:54] Broken up in Disneyland

[00:05:58] Broken up in the plastic land

[00:06:02] Broken up in the wasteland

[00:06:05] Broken up in the wasteland

[00:06:09] Broken up in the wasteland

[00:06:12] Broken up in the wasteland

[00:06:15] Broken up in the wasteland