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The Wall

Bruce Springsteen
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OriginalLa versione incisa nel nuovo album "High Hopes"
THE WALLTHE WALL
Cigarettes and a bottle of beer
This poem I wrote for you
This black stone and these hard tears
Are all I've got left now of you
I remember you in your Marine uniform laughing
Laughing that you're shipping out probably
I read Robert McNamara says he's sorry
Cigarettes and a bottle of beer,
this poem that I wrote for you
This black stone and these hard tears,
they are all I got left now of you
I remember you in your Marine uniform laughing,
laughing at your shipping out party
I read Robert McNamara says he's sorry
You and your boots and black t-shirt
Ah Billy you looked so bad
Ya, you and your rock and roll band
Was the best thing this shit town ever had
Now the man who put you here
He feeds his family in rich dining halls
And apology and forgiveness have no place here at all
At the wall
You're high boots and strap t-shirt,
ah, Billy you looked so bad
Yeah you and your rock and roll band,
it was the best thing this shit town ever had
Now the men that put you here
eat with their families in rich dining halls
And apology and forgiveness got no place here at all,
here at the wall
I'm sorry I missed you last year
I couldn't find no one to drive me
If your eyes could cut through that black stone
Tell me would they recognize me?
For the living, time must be served
Life goes on
Cigarettes and a bottle of beer
Skin on black stone
Well I'm sorry I missed you last year,
I couldn't find no one to drive me
If your eyes could cut through that black stone,
tell me would they recognize me
For the living time that must be served
as the day goes on
Cigarettes and a bottle of beer,
skin on black stone
High School pictures, paper flowers
Ribbon, red as the blood
Ya, as the blood you spilled
In the Central Highlands mud
Now the limousines rush down Pennsylvania Boulevard
As the rain falls
And apology and forgiveness have no place here at all
On the ground dog tags and wreaths of flowers,
with the ribbons red as the blood
Red as the blood you spilled
in the Central Highlands mud
Limousines rush down Pennsylvania Avenue,
rustling the leaves as they fall
And apology and forgiveness got no place here at all,
here at the wall


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