Laurie Anderson, Kronos Quartet - The Nineteen Stars of Heaven lyrics
[Laurie Anderson, Kronos Quartet - The Nineteen Stars of Heaven lyrics]
And when you say 'lie'
Do you mean the kid of lie
That Lincoln told? When he was
Talking to the soldiers
Who were leaving for the front?
About how they'd be just fine and
They'd be home by spring walking
And alive or do you mean
Some other kind of lie?
The nineteen stars of Heaven matched by what
They stood for constancy
Gullibility and sorrow
Do you mean the kid of lie
That Lincoln told? When he was
Talking to the soldiers
Who were leaving for the front?
About how they'd be just fine and
They'd be home by spring walking
And alive or do you mean
Some other kind of lie?
The nineteen stars of Heaven matched by what
They stood for constancy
Gullibility and sorrow