2012년 4월 7일 토요일

The End Of The Innocence -- Don Henley


Remember when the days were long And rolled beneath a deep blue sky
Didn't have a care in the world  With mommy and daddy standing by
When "happily ever after" fails  And we've been poisoned by these fairy tales
The lawyers dwell on small details  Since daddy had to fly
But I know a place where we can go  That's still untouched by man
We'll sit and watch the clouds roll by  And the tall grass waveS in the wind
You can lay your head back on the ground  And let your hair fall all around me
Offer up your best defense  But this is the end This is the end of the innocence

O' beautiful, for spacious skies But now those skies are threatening
They're beating plowshares into swords For this tired old man that we elected
king  Armchair warriors often fail  And we've been poisoned by these fairy tales
The lawyers clean up all details  Since daddy had to lie  But I know a place where we can go  And wash away this sin  We'll sit and watch the clouds roll by
And the tall grass waveS in the wind  Just lay your head back on the ground
And let your hair spill all around me  Offer up your best defense
But this is the end  This is the end of the innocence

Who knows how long this will last  Now we've come so far, so fast
But, somewhere back there in the dust  That same small town in each of us
I need to remember this  So baby give me just one kiss
And let me take a long last look  Before we say good bye
Just lay your head back on the ground  And let your hair fall all around me
Offer up your best defense  But this is the end  This is the end of the innocence

The "Tired old man that we elected king" is a reference to US president Ronald Reagan. There are a lot of political overtones in the song, as Henley strongly opposed Reagan's agenda.  

The inversion of the words most likely hints at the decline of the number of family farms and the increase in US military power in the '80s as a signal of the end times of innocence.                                                                                                (songfacts)
                

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