
Date of issue: 18.08.2008
Song language: English
The Streets Of America |
Desolate and without purpose |
Radiating from so many septic sources |
Forming the fabric of a wayward people |
Disappearing as the vestiges of our past |
Scratched like tartan into virgin soil |
A substrate for progress and disarray |
A spreading network of broken dreams |
Searching for a thoroughfare to take us away |
Just a little tale from the streets of America (say a little prayer) |
Sparkled promises paved with pathos and hysteria |
Trenchant, weary native sons |
Step back |
And see the damage done |
Meander to the horizon (shoot straight to the horizon) |
The streets of America |
Black, tarred concrete |
Pine for me Lying domant |
For you and country |
Hardened surface |
Cracked within |
Catch the sweat |
From off the chin |
Of men and women |
Senior and child |
Who look to you |