Long Way Down Songtext
von Mark Heard

Babe, they say that this world is better than the last
I wouldn′t know, I have no way of living in the past
Where once there was a garden, the streets have overflowed
From the Golden Gates to the East Block
States you can hear creation groan
There is a shining beacon out across the amber waves
It lies hidden on the teeming shores beneath the burned-out Chevrolets
And the eyes of scattered high-rise hope across a fruited plain
See TV's blowing in the projects through the greasing window pane

Baby, it′s a long
Baby, it's a long way down
Baby, it's a long
Baby, it′s a long way to fall
Baby, it′s a long
Baby, it's a long way down
Baby, it′s a long
Baby, it's a big world after all


Purple mountains′ majesty has weight in Zaporizh'
History bows to coverage, moderation bows to mold
The far side of the ocean is the far side of the tracks
All God′s children learn to build and learn to watch their backs
There are felons out in the prison yard imagining their release
And the free thank God for the atom bomb, the keeper of the peace
Another day, another chance to curse away the doubt
Another night, another thousand points of light go out

Baby, it's a long
Baby, it's a long way down
Baby, it′s a long
Baby, it′s a long way to fall
Baby, it's a long
Baby, it′s a long way down
Baby, it's a long
Baby, it′s a big world after all

Hypnotized and shut up in the limousine of hate
Watching the scenery shatter in the brittle jaws of fate
Well, baby, I'm just another fan and I don′t make the rules
I'd break 'em if I thought it′d do you some good


Well, the diggers and the bankers and the architects and fools
Got to work and you can′t stop 'em with dilettante′s golden rule
It's a race to stay alive, baby, as lawyers tax and steal
′Til the life that you are living is a thing you never feel
Babe, they say that this world is better than the last
I wouldn't know, I have no way of living in the past
Where once there was a garden, the streets have overflowed
From the Golden Gates to the East Block
States you can hear creation groan

Baby, it′s a long
Baby, it's a long way down
Baby, it's a long
Baby, it′s a long way to fall
Baby, it′s a long
Baby, it's a long way down
Baby, it′s a long
Baby, it's a big world after all

Baby, it′s a long
Baby, it's a long way down
Baby, it′s a long
Baby, it's a long way to fall
Baby, it's a long
Baby, it′s a long way down
Baby, it′s a long
Baby, it's a big world after all