Wednesday, March 22, 2006

The Big Country
I see the shapes I remember from maps
I see the shoreline, I see the whitecaps
A baseball diamond, nice weather down there
I see the school and the houses where the kids are
Places to park by the factories and buildings
Restaurants and bars for later in the evening
Then we come to the farmlands, and the undeveloped areas
And I have learned how these things work together
I see the parkway that passes through them all
And I have learned how to look at these things and I say

I wouldn't live there if you paid me
I couldn't live like that, oh no siree!
I couldn't do the things the way those people do
I couldn't live there if you paid me to.

Talking Heads, from 'More Songs About Buildings and Food'