Too many masters to mention, Dylan, Waits, Cohen, Taupin Knopfler, Simon, Lennon, Springsteen... Roger Waters here...
DSOTM
And all that is now
And all that is gone
And all that's to come
And everything under
The sun is in tune
But the sun is eclipsed
By the moon”
WISH YOU WERE HERE
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail, A smile from a veil, Do you think you can tell. Did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts... “
We’re just two lost souls living in a fish bowl year after year”
By the way which one’s Pink”
THE WALL
Hush now baby, baby, don't you cry.
Mama's gonna make all your nightmares come true.
Mama's gonna put all her fears into you.
Mama's gonna keep you right here under her wing.
She won't let you fly, but she might let you sing.
Mama's gonna keep baby cozy and warm.
Ooh baby, ooh baby, ooh baby,
Of course mama's gonna help build the wall”
I've got wild staring eyes
And I've got a strong urge to fly
But I got nowhere to fly to
Ooh, babe when I pick up the phonethere's still nobody home”
All alone, or in two's
The ones who really love you
Walk up and down outside the wall
Some hand in hand
And some gathered together in bands
The bleeding hearts and the artists
Make their standAnd when they've given you their all
Some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy
Banging your heart against some mad bugger's wall”
THE FINAL CUT
And as the windshield melts
My tears evaporate
Leaving only charcoal to defend.
Finally I understand the feelings of the few.
Ashes and diamonds
Foe and friend
We were all equal in the end“
AMUSED TO DEATH
Ooh western woman
Ooh western girl
And the children of Melrose
Strut their stuffIs absolute zero cold enough
And out in the valley warm and clean
The little ones sit by their TV screens
No thoughts to thinkNo tears to cry
All sucked dry
Down to the very last breath
Bartender what is wrong with me
Why am I so out of breath
The captain said excuse me ma'am
This species has amused itself to death
Amused itself to death
We watched the tragedy unfold
We did as we were told
We bought and sold
It was the greatest show on earth
But then it was over
We ohhed and aahed
We drove our racing carsWe ate our last few jars of caviar
And somewhere out there in the stars
A keen-eyed look-out
Spied a flickering light
Our last hurrah
And when they found our shadows
Grouped around the TV sets
They ran down every leadThey repeated every test
They checked out all the data on their lists
And then the alien anthropologists
Admitted they were still perplexedBut on eliminating every other reason
For our sad demise
They logged the only explanation left
This species has amused itself to deathNo tears to cry no feelings left
This species has amused itself to death
