China Lake Songtext
von David Baerwald

We′ve done this every Labor Day since 1969
We all go up to China Lake, we spend a little time
In a Minnesota summer, beneath a Minnesota sky
We celebrate the newborns, we remember those who died
China Lake

We're all worried about Richard, he sits staring through the day
With that straw hat on his head and nothing much to say
At night I hear him wandering through the trees and down the lanes
China Lake

He was always known for brooding, but this year there′s been a change
I'm not the only one that's noticed something ain′t the same
China Lake
China Lake


There′s a shine, there's a shine on China Lake
The vistas they stretch out forever
A shine, there′s a shine on China Lake
Here it's only quiet, no hurricanes or riots
But hovering there behind it, the pain and the shame of surrender

Last night I had this dream, it was a strange dream indeed
I cut my arm a thousand times, but nowhere did I bleed
And the crippled all were dancing, the blind they all could see
And a vendor selling streamers walked the quiet empty streets
Of China Lake
China Lake

And there was a pale horse, there was a pale horse that I rode
And I sat there by the shoreline, I watched the sky explode
China Lake
China Lake

There′s a shine, there's a shine on China Lake
The vistas they stretch out forever
A shine, there′s a shine on China Lake
Here it's only quiet, no hurricanes or riots
But hovering there behind it, the pain and the shame of surrender

These are strange uncertain days
These are strange uncertain days