《Another Day in America》歌词

[00:00:53] And so finally here we are at the beginning of a whole new era

[00:01:01] The start of a brand new world

[00:01:06] And now what

[00:01:08] How do we start

[00:01:11] How do we begin again

[00:01:19] There are some things you can simply look up such as：

[00:01:23] The size of Greenland the dates of the famous 19th century rubber wars Persian adjectives the composition of snow

[00:01:39] And other things you just have to guess at

[00:01:46] And then again today's the day and those were the days and now these are the days and now the clock points histrionically to noon

[00:01:56] Some new kind of north

[00:01:59] And so which way do we go

[00:02:09] What are days for

[00:02:14] To wake us up to put between the endless nights

[00:02:24] And by the way here's my theory of punctuation：

[00:02:29] Instead of a period at the end of each sentence there should be a tiny clock that shows you how long it took you to write that sentence

[00:02:43] And another way to look at time is this：

[00:02:46] There was an old married couple and they had always hated each other never been able to stand the sight of each other really

[00:02:57] And when they were in their nineties they finally got divorced

[00:03:02] And people said：Why did you wait so long Why didn't you do this a whole lot earlier

[00:03:14] And they said：Well we wanted to wait until the children died

[00:03:27] Ah America

[00:03:30] And yes that will be America

[00:03:33] A whole new place just waiting to happen

[00:03:39] Broken up parking lots rotten dumps speed balls accidents and hesitations

[00:03:48] Things left behind

[00:03:51] Styrofoam computer chips

[00:04:02] And Jim and John oh they were there

[00:04:06] And Carol too

[00:04:08] Her hair pinned up in that weird beehive way she loved so much

[00:04:17] And Greg and Phil moving at the pace of summer

[00:04:22] And Uncle Al who screamed all night in the attic

[00:04:26] Yes something happened to him in the war they said over in France

[00:04:31] And France had become something they never mentioned

[00:04:36] Something dangerous

[00:04:46] Yeah some were sad to see those days disappear

[00:04:52] The flea markets and their smells the war

[00:04:57] All the old belongings strewn out on the sidewalks

[00:05:02] Mildewed clothes and old resentments and ragged record jackets

[00:05:12] And ah these days

[00:05:15] Oh these days

[00:05:20] What are days for

[00:05:24] To wake us up to put between the endless nights

[00:05:37] And meanwhile all over town checks are bouncing and accounts are being automatically closed

[00:05:45] Passwords are expiring

[00:05:47] And everyone's counting and comparing and predicting

[00:05:50] Will it be the best of times will it be the worst of times or will it just be another one of those times

[00:06:02] Show of hands please

[00:06:13] And ah this world which like Kierkegaard said can only be understood when lived backwards

[00:06:25] Which would entail an incredible amount of planning and confusion

[00:06:33] And then there are those big questions always in the back of your mind

[00:06:38] Things like：Are those two people over there actually my real parents

[00:06:47] Should I get a second Prius

[00:06:52] And you you who can be silent in four languages：Your silence will be considered your consent

[00:07:13] Oh but those were the days before the audience and what the audience wanted and what the audience said it wanted

[00:07:27] And you know the reason I really love the stars is that we cannot hurt them

[00:07:37] We can't burn them or melt them or make them overflow

[00:07:43] We can't flood them or blow them up or turn them out

[00:07:52] But we are reaching for them

[00:07:58] We are reaching for them

[00:08:10] Some say our empire is passing as all empires do

[00:08:18] And others haven't a clue what time it is or where it goes or even where the clock is

[00:08:31] And oh the majesty of dreams

[00:08:36] An unstoppable train

[00:08:40] Different colored wonderlands

[00:08:45] Freedom of speech and s*x with strangers

[00:08:59] Dear old God：May I call you old

[00:09:07] And may I ask：Who are these people

[00:09:10] Ah America

[00:09:16] We saw it

[00:09:18] We tipped it over and then we sold it

[00:09:27] These are the things I whisper softly to my dolls

[00:09:31] Those heartless little thugs dressed in calico kilts and jaunty hats and their perpetual white toothy smiles

[00:09:44] And oh my brothers

[00:09:48] And oh my sisters

[00:09:51] What are days for

[00:09:55] Days are where we live

[00:10:00] They flow and then they flow

[00:10:03] They come they fade they go and they go

[00:10:09] No way to know exactly when they start or when their time is up

[00:10:17] Oh another day another dime

[00:10:24] Another day in America

[00:10:30] Another day another dollar

[00:10:37] Another day in America

[00:10:46] And all my brothers

[00:10:49] And all my long lost sisters

[00:10:57] How do we begin again

[00:11:05] How do we begin