Forty Years

(On the 40th anniversary of the end of World War II) [Verse 1] 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     [Chorus 1] Once allies danced and sang But it was forty years ago               [Verse 2] Here in D.C. - they talk about ’Euro-disease’      And how the French are always so damn hard to please      Motions are passed in Brussels but no one agrees        And no one walks tall - but no-one gets down on their knees      [Chorus 2] Once allies laughed and drank But it was forty years ago              [Verse 3] 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      [Chorus 3] Once allies cried and cheered But it was forty years ago [Instrumental Outro]              [repeat anb fade]