I so wish I could post RW’s Towers of Faith in this thread, but alas it appears to have been
suppressed from the digital frontier …or never EVER uploaded by anyone (ever? hmm…right).
Anyways, without the entire composition, the anecdote doesn’t have near the melody for
thought…& we don’t all get to swim in the signature splendid oh too splendid saxophone
"Towers of Faith"
Roger Waters
Ooooh, the lonely boys
In their towers of faith
Ooooh, the lonely boys
Locked in their towers of faith
The prophet reclined
In the Golan Heights
Ohhh, the lonely boys
He said "This land is my land"
To the Shiites
Ooooh, the lonely boys
And Jehova looked up from the sea of Galilee beneath
He said "I see you, you thief!
This land is my land
And this sand is my sand
And this band is my band"
Oh the lonely boys
Lookin' over their shoulder
Checkin out every boulder in the park
Where the gates are closed from hate
After dark
And the Pope rolled up in his armored van
He fell on his knees and kissed the land
He said something that
I did not understand
It was in polish
Then up stepped an aide, he said "I will translate
Here is what His Holiness said:
'I am the Chief Jesuit.
This land is Jesus' land.
And that is all
All that there is to it.' …Yeah!"
And in New York City
The businessman in his mohair suit
In the world trade center
Puffs on his cheroot
And he said
"Well I don't care who owns the desert sands,
My brief...
Is with the hydrocarbons underneath"
And the sea of battle rages around the ancient tombs
And mother nature licks her wounds
And the lonely boys locked in their towers of faith
Who are nervous in the park when the gates are closed after dark
Ooooh, the lonely boys
In their towers of faith
Ooooh, the lonely boys
Locked in their towers of faith
"Hilda's Dream"
Radio: "Radio Four, with the news at 1 o'clock this Thursday
lunchtime. The Prime Minister, speaking a few minutes ago in the
House of Commons, has warned that the international situation is
deteriorating rapidly and that war could break out at any time in
the next two or three days."
Jim: "This is it! This is really it!"
Hilda: "I shouldn't worry too much, it'll probably all blow over."
http://www.rogerwaters.org/wind_lyrics.html
Thanks, Michael, for the lyrics. Long live the REG
