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by Roger Waters


Roger Waters - FOLDED FLAGS
Added to UG By Mikhailo (mikhailo_@mail.ru)


              
Rock-a-bye baby on the treetop
                                  
When the wind blows the cradle will rock
                        
Oh babe, hate to see you fall that way
                                  
Better speak to the Powers That Be today

                                
Hey Joe where you goin' with that gun in your hand?
                                              
You can take your revenge, but you'll still feel bad
                                                 
There must be more to life than Lucky Strikes and some unlucky ones,
                         
Folded flags and pipes and drums

                                  
I stood in the wings with you, our lives in the hands of a second-rate actor
                                  
Held on the high ground of some big stage
                     
Oh babe, how do these jaded stars get so far away?
                                   
Will they catch what the other actors say?

                                 
Hey Joe where you goin' with that dogma in your head?
                                                   
You can prove your point but your kids will still be dead
                                 
Bring down the curtain, this soap opera must surely close
                    
Before the cold wind blows

                                 
Hey Joe where you goin' with that gun in your hand?
                                                
You can take your revenge, but you'll still feel bad
                                               
Bring down the curtain, this soap opera must surely close
                
Before the cold wind blows

                 
So rock-a-bye babe on the treetop
                                  
When the wind blows the cradle will rock
                                                 
There must be more to life than Lucky Strikes and some unlucky ones,
                               
Folded flags and pipes and drums