The Biggest Monument Lyrics - John Wesley Harding

Well, he shouts and wakes the whole street up 

He says, "I've never believed in you anyway" 

He says, "Now what the hell do you want to lecture me for 

To keep the approaching years at bay?" 

And as the curtains opposite open slight 

They see a front door slam 

And God, the Father to His chosen Son 

Shouts, "Be saved or You'll be damned" 

And the years go past, nothing changes 'cept the date 

This time, it's just the same as the last, it's always just too late 

He smashed the car again last night and he can't bang out the dent 

He was trying to pull down the biggest monument 

Wallpaper medals decorate the soldiers 

But the memories have peeled away 

Well, people fight, they come and go like politicians 

So proud to have nothing to say 

Well, there were moving pictures on the news at ten 

Why they rioted, it's a mystery 

Well, let's play tin soldiers at Goose Green 

I never said we learned from history 

And the years go past, nothing changes 'cept the date 

This time, it's just the same as the last, it's always just too late 

Splashed across breakfast on this morning's papers 

One of the soldiers was bent 

He was trying to pull down the biggest monument 

Eyes light in the twilight, twilight 

Dusk of a late-night bar, late-night bar 

Well, they both believe in love at first sight 

Provided you can't see the scars 

And mummy did it and his daddy too 

Otherwise how could they be here 

Will you have me in sickness and in health 

Till death do us part and we'll get divorced next year? 

And the years go past, nothing changes 'cept the date 

This time, it's just the same as the last, it's always just too late 

He got smashed again last night 

His hard-earned money came and went 

He just tried to pull down the biggest monument 

Yesterday, in tomorrow's world 

They invented the wheel again 

Someone died in Hollywood 

And then he was proclaimed king of the insane 

And tomorrow, it's in the papers 

The next day, it's on the news 

And it all happened just like this before 

You know I'm starting to get confused 

Yeah, and the years go past, nothing changes 'cept the date 

This time, it's just the same as the last, it's always just too late 

We get born with history on our shoulders, we still can't afford the rent 

When you try to pull down the biggest monument