Forty Years Lyrics - Joe Jackson

Here in berlin - people line up to get in 

To wait for the end - living in glorious sin 

They've looked around - and now there is no looking back 

To when rivers ran red - now it's the sky that grows black 

Shadows are cast as two giants roam over the earth 

We light a match - but what is that little flame worth 

Once allies danced and sang 

But it was forty years ago 

Here in d.c. - they talk about 'euro-disease' 

And how the french are always so damn hard to please 

Otions are passed in brussels but no one agrees 

And no one walks tall - but no-one gets down on their knees 

Once allies laughed and drank 

But it was forty years ago 

Where I come from 

They don't like Americans much 

They think they're so loud, so tasteless, and so out of touch 

Stiff upper lips are curled into permanent sneers 

Self-satisfied 

Awaiting the next forty years 

Once allies cried and cheered 

But it was forty years ago