Guy Forsyth Long Long Time
Its been a long, long (x13)... time
Its been a long, long (x13)... time
When I was a kid I used to draw airplanes with stars
and bars shooting down airplanes adorned with hammers
and sickles. I bought a hundred water guns so I could
save the world, saving my lunch money, stealing my
father’s quarters, dimes and nickels.
I discovered religion watching Luke Skywalker rescue
Princess Lea and destroying the Death Star by letting
go and closing his eyes. And I devoured comic books,
three color mythologies taught me right and wrong and
if you believed, you could fly.
Its been a long, long (x13)... time
Its been a long, long (x13)... time
I remember listening to songs about trains and feeling
the rush of wonder at the possibility that the world
was infinite and accessible all at the same time. Then
it was songs about highways and born to be wild and
little red Corvette and the road went on forever in my
mind. But now its clogged bumper to bumper with
stinking SUVs and two story pickup trucks that can
drive over anything except the two story pickup truck
right in front of it. Now even my highways look the
same..Starbucks, 7-11s and WalMart’s jam the feeder
roads. We don’t live around this mess, we live under
it.
Its been a long, long (x13)... time
Its been a long, long (x13)... time
...since I felt fine
Now all the songs are about gangsters and guns and the
TV speeds by at a hundred deaths an hour and everyone
wants to pull off the crime of the century. Steal 200
gazillion dollars, enough to buy myself an island and
build a real honest to God train on it for no one but
me. And get away with it...get away with it. We
Americans are Freedom loving people and nothing says
freedom like getting away with it. We went from Billy
The Kid to Richard Nixon, Enron, Exxon, OJ Simpson. We
used to dream about heroes but now its just how to beat
the system. So where do we go to dream now? Up on the
roof of the projects(??), straight into the the city
lights to see if they’ve built golden arches on the
moon yet? Self medicated, half sedated, trying our best
to stay distracted, living life according to the TV
set. Corporations owning nations, telling us don’t
change the station, it’s the only safe way to win the
human race.
I wonder how the world sees us, rich beyond compare,
powerful without equal? A spoiled, drunk 15 year old
waving a gun in their face?
Its been a long, long (x13)... time
Its been a long, long (x13)... time
Its been a long, long (x13)... time
Its been a long, long (x13)... time
...since I felt fine
