The Biggest Monument-John Wesley Harding

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