所属专辑:Homo Erraticus
歌手: Ian Anderson
时长: 04:29
After These Wars-Ian Anderson[00:00:00]
After battle, with wounds to lick and[00:00:15]
beaus and belles all reuniting.[00:00:19]
Rationing, austerity: it did us[00:00:25]
good after the fighting.[00:00:28]
Now, time to bid some fond farewells and[00:00:34]
walk away from empires crumbling.[00:00:37]
Post-war baby-boom to fuel with post-[00:00:40]
Victorian half-dressed fumbling.[00:00:44]
I see a screen, grey cathode tube in[00:00:49]
walnut cabinet, pride of place[00:00:52]
in holy family living room. Clipped-[00:00:55]
tone announcer, powdered face.[00:00:59]
And now to mould public opinion,[00:01:04]
sanctify the good and great.[00:01:08]
Lordly over his dominion, brash[00:01:11]
Television seals our fate.[00:01:14]
After these wars, when gentler winds were blowing.[00:01:20]
After these wars, when stocking tops were showing.[00:01:26]
When the Co-op gave us daily bread[00:01:32]
and penicillin raised the dead[00:01:36]
and combine harvesters kept[00:01:39]
us fed, after these wars.[00:01:45]
We thanked the Yank and thanked the[00:01:56]
Lord for sparing us from dark invasion.[00:01:59]
Now to liberate, rebuild and balance[00:02:06]
Europe's new equation.[00:02:09]
Spooky spies in from the cold with[00:02:14]
lies and secrets to be sold[00:02:18]
to bigger brothers, bigger bombs,[00:02:21]
le Carré thrillers to be told.[00:02:24]
We take our place amongst those others[00:02:29]
who would punch above their weight.[00:02:33]
Divest ourselves of glowing mantle,[00:02:36]
mantle of old Britain Great.[00:02:39]
Bit part cast in Hollywood, ripe[00:02:45]
old thespian, tolerated.[00:02:48]
World-weary ham upon the stage,[00:02:52]
evergreen but over-rated.[00:02:55]
After these wars, when gentler winds were blowing.[00:03:01]
After these wars, when stocking tops were showing.[00:03:07]
When the Co-op gave us daily bread[00:03:13]
and penicillin raised the dead[00:03:16]
and combine harvesters kept[00:03:20]
us fed, after these wars.[00:03:25]