Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Memorial Day, artist - Carly Simon. Album song The Studio Album Collection 1971-1983, in the genre Поп
Date of issue: 16.06.2014
Record label: Rhino Entertainment Company
Song language: English
Memorial Day |
It should have been so soft, this morning as we left |
But the valley was infected, by a different kind of beauty |
And the Indians they knew, it was a devil’s sanctuary |
Out of this unholy dawn, a car came stirring up the sand |
And a woman from a passion play |
Held up the limousine that brought me |
All this way today. |
And I didn’t need to turn around |
So strong was the message, and the man who planned her life |
Commanded all that followed: Well they bellowed, and they hollered |
And they threw each other down, down in this valley |
This cruel and lovely valley, Oh it should have been an alley |
In some low down part of town |
As the lights came up, there was no sun |
And brandy splattered all over the ground |
As this woman with her head held high |
Yelled love and why oh why, you’re killing me oh follow me- |
As I watched safe and clean, from the frosted windows of that limousine |
Well they bellowed and they hollered, and they threw each other down |
Down in this valley, this cruel and lovely valley |
Oh it sould have been an alley, in some low down part of town |
Before he’d been so funny, imagining the best: |
That he’d escaper recrimination, for abandoning the nest |
He’d been joking and stoned, while he was entertaining me |
But then turned and was stunned, by her panic and her misery |
And I was in the get-away car |
Giving him a chance, to get away |
Get away, get away |
And how the valley smoked, as he crossed Route 25 |
With his cymbals and his shattered crown, leaving all alone |
His eyes fixed on the ground. |
And he didn’t even turn around |
So strong was the message, and he fell into the shallow sky |
And was swallowed |
Well they bellowed and they hollered, and they threw each other down |
Down in this valley, this cruel and lovely valley |
Well it should have been an alley, In some low down part of town |