Song | No Man's Land |
Artist | Billy Joel |
Album | River Of Dreams |
Vocal:Billy Joel/Leslie West | |
I've seen those big machines come rolling through the quiet pines | |
Blue suits and bankers with their Volvos and their valentines | |
Give us this day our daily discount outlet merchandise | |
Raise up a multiplex and we will make a sacrifice | |
Now we're gonna get the big business | |
Now we're gonna get the real thing | |
Everybody's all excited about it | |
Who remembers when it all began | |
Out here in no man's land | |
Before they passed the master plan | |
Out here in no man's land | |
Low supply and high demand | |
Here in no man's land | |
There ain't much work out here in our consumer power base | |
No major industry, just miles and miles of parking space | |
This morning's paper says our neighbor's in a cocaine bust | |
Lots more to read about Lolita and suburban lust | |
Now we're gonna get the whole story | |
Now we're gonna be in prime time | |
Everybody's all excited about it | |
Who remembers when it all began | |
Out here in no man's land | |
We've just begun to understand | |
Out here in no man's land | |
Low supply and high demand | |
Here in no man's land | |
I see these children with their boredom and their vacant stares | |
God help us all if we're to blame for their unanswered prayers | |
They roll the sidewalks up at night, this place goes underground | |
Thanks to the condo kings there's cable now in Zombietown | |
Now we're gonna get the closed circuit | |
Now we're gonna get the Top 40 | |
Now we're gonna get the sports franchise | |
Now we're gonna get the major attractions | |
Who remembers when it all began | |
Out here in no man's land | |
Before the whole world was in our hands | |
Out here in no man's land | |
Before the banners and the marching bands | |
Out here in no man's land | |
Low supply and high demand | |
Here in no man's land |
Vocal: Billy Joel Leslie West | |
I' ve seen those big machines come rolling through the quiet pines | |
Blue suits and bankers with their Volvos and their valentines | |
Give us this day our daily discount outlet merchandise | |
Raise up a multiplex and we will make a sacrifice | |
Now we' re gonna get the big business | |
Now we' re gonna get the real thing | |
Everybody' s all excited about it | |
Who remembers when it all began | |
Out here in no man' s land | |
Before they passed the master plan | |
Out here in no man' s land | |
Low supply and high demand | |
Here in no man' s land | |
There ain' t much work out here in our consumer power base | |
No major industry, just miles and miles of parking space | |
This morning' s paper says our neighbor' s in a cocaine bust | |
Lots more to read about Lolita and suburban lust | |
Now we' re gonna get the whole story | |
Now we' re gonna be in prime time | |
Everybody' s all excited about it | |
Who remembers when it all began | |
Out here in no man' s land | |
We' ve just begun to understand | |
Out here in no man' s land | |
Low supply and high demand | |
Here in no man' s land | |
I see these children with their boredom and their vacant stares | |
God help us all if we' re to blame for their unanswered prayers | |
They roll the sidewalks up at night, this place goes underground | |
Thanks to the condo kings there' s cable now in Zombietown | |
Now we' re gonna get the closed circuit | |
Now we' re gonna get the Top 40 | |
Now we' re gonna get the sports franchise | |
Now we' re gonna get the major attractions | |
Who remembers when it all began | |
Out here in no man' s land | |
Before the whole world was in our hands | |
Out here in no man' s land | |
Before the banners and the marching bands | |
Out here in no man' s land | |
Low supply and high demand | |
Here in no man' s land |