John Wesley Harding The Biggest Monument Lyrics

The Biggest Monument Lyrics

Well he shouts and wakes the whole street up

He says 'I've never believed in you anyway'

He says 'Now what the hell do you want to lecture me for

To keep the approaching years at bay?'

And as the curtains opposite open slight

They see a front door slam

And God the Father to His chosen Son

Shouts 'Be saved or You'll be damned'

And the years go past

Nothing changes 'cept the date

This time, it's just the same as the last

It's always just too late

He smashed the car again last night

And he can't bang out the dent

He was trying to pull down the biggest monument



Wallpaper medals decorate the soldiers

But the memories have peeled away

Well people fight, they come and go like politicians

So proud to have nothing to say

Well there were moving pictures on the news at ten

Why they rioted, it's a mystery

Well let's play tin soldiers at Goose Green

I never said we learned from history

And the years go past

Nothing changes 'cept the date

This time, it's just the same as the last

It's always just too late

Splashed across breakfast on this morning's papers

One of the soldiers was bent

He was trying to pull down the biggest monument



Eyes light in the twilight twilight

Dusk of a late-night bar, late-night bar

Well they both believe in love at first sight

Provided you can't see the scars

And mummy did it and his daddy too

Otherwise how could they be here

Will you have me in sickness and in health

Til death do us part and we'll get divorced next year

And the years go past

Nothing changes 'cept the date

This time, it's just the same as the last

It's always just too late

He got smashed again last night

His hard-earned money came and went

He just tried to pull down the biggest monument



Yesterday in tomorrow's world

They invented the wheel again

Someone died in Hollywood

And then he was proclaimed King of the Insane

And tomorrow it's in the papers

The next day it's on the news

And it all happened just like this before

You know I'm starting to get confused

Yeah and the years go past

Nothing changes 'cept the date

This time, it's just the same as the last

It's always just too late

We get born with history on our shoulders

We still can't afford the rent

When you try to pull down the biggest monument