tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post2522792700515044674..comments2024-01-27T16:58:23.292-08:00Comments on Daniel Keys Moran: Twenty-five years today since "Graceland"Daniel Keys Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12992599044462413412noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post-53685687920185357252011-05-01T13:33:31.829-07:002011-05-01T13:33:31.829-07:00Ah, I'm in the middle of rereading The Long Ru...Ah, I'm in the middle of rereading <i>The Long Run</i>, and I wondered whether "the bomb in the baby carriage" was a coincidence. :o)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post-43322423502976571022011-04-12T14:24:20.123-07:002011-04-12T14:24:20.123-07:00It was a slow day
And the sun was beating
On the s...It was a slow day<br />And the sun was beating<br />On the soldiers by the side of the road<br />There was a bright light<br />A shattering of shop windows<br />The bomb in the baby carriage<br />Was wired to the radio<br /><br />These are the days of miracle and wonder<br />This is the long distance call<br />The way the camera follows us in slo-mo<br />The way we look to us all<br />The way we look to a distant constellation<br />That's dying in a corner of the sky<br />These are the days of miracle and wonder<br />And don't cry baby, don't cry<br />Don't cry<br /><br />It was a dry wind<br />And it swept across the desert<br />And it curled into the circle of birth<br />And the dead sand<br />Falling on the children<br />The mothers and the fathers<br />And the automatic earth<br />These are the days of miracle and wonder<br />This is the long distance call<br />The way the camera follows us in slo-mo<br />The way we look to us all<br />The way we look to a distant constellation<br />That's dying in a corner of the sky<br />These are the days of miracle and wonder<br />And don't cry baby, don't cry<br />Don't cry<br /><br />It's a turn-around jump shot<br />It's everybody jump start<br />It's every generation throws a hero up the pop charts<br />Medicine is magical and magical is art<br />The Boy in the Bubble<br />And the baby with the baboon heart<br /><br />And I believe<br />These are the days of lasers in the jungle<br />Lasers in the jungle somewhere<br />Staccato signals of constant information<br />A loose affiliation of millionaires<br />And billionaires and baby<br />These are the days of miracle and wonder<br />This is the long distance call<br />The way the camera follows us in slo-mo<br />The way we look to us all<br />The way we look to a distant constellation<br />That's dying in a corner of the sky<br />These are the days of miracle and wonder<br />And don't cry baby, don't cry<br />Don't cryDaniel Keys Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12992599044462413412noreply@blogger.com