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
Once allies danced and sang
But it was forty years ago
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
Once allies laughed and drank
But it was forty years ago
Where I come from
They don't like Americans much
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
Once allies cried and cheered
But it was forty years ago
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