Memorial Day Lyrics
(Carly Simon)It should have been so soft, this morning as we leftBut the valley was infected, by a different kind of beautyAnd the Indians they knew, it was a devil's sanctuary.Out of this unholy dawn, a car came stirring up the sandAnd a woman from a passion playHeld up the limousine that brought meAll this way today. And I didn't need to turn aroundSo strong was the message, and the man who planned her lifeCommanded all that followed: Well they bellowed, and they holleredAnd they threw each other down, down in this valleyThis cruel and lovely valley, Oh it should have been an alleyIn some low down part of townAs the lights came up, there was no sunAnd brandy splattered all over the groundAs this woman with her head held highYelled love and why oh why, you're killing me oh follow me-As I watched safe and clean, from the frosted windows of that limousineWell they bellowed and they hollered, and they threw each other downDown in this valley, this cruel and lovely valleyOh it sould have been an alley, in some low down part of townBefore he'd been so funny, imagining the best:That he'd escaper recrimination, for abandoning the nestHe'd been joking and stoned, while he was entertaining meBut then turned and was stunned, by her panic and her miseryAnd I was in the get-away carGiving him a chance, to get awayGet away, get awayAnd how the valley smoked, as he crossed Route 25With his cymbals and his shattered crown, leaving all aloneHis eyes fixed on the ground. And he didn't even turn aroundSo strong was the message, and he fell into the shallow skyAnd was swallowed.Well they bellowed and they hollered, and they threw each other downDown in this valley, this cruel and lovely valleyWell it should have been an alley, In some low down part of town
Carly Simon Memorial Day
