I saw the of my generation playing pinball Maked up and up And looking like some kind of china
With all of Adolf Hitler's moves cold As they stood up in front of a Rock and Roll And always moving and ever upward To this gentle promised land
With the smartest of all as a word processor And the of them all Checking IDs outside
And the of all taking off her clothes In front of men whose look like They in some little hick town Omaha, watching the police chief Run his car off the side of a
I saw men with like the ones I'd had Beg quarters outside the Till it got so they didn't affect me Than the I'd passed that sometimes, I'd put somthing in the mailbox
I'd had the wind at my back now I felt it cold in my And for an awful long now You were the only one who ever me late at night And I really noticed till after you stopped calling And the emptiness, got so heavy
Broken up in the wasteland, broken up in the promised Broken up in Disneyland, broken up in the plastic up in the wasteland, broken up in the wasteland Broken up in the
I saw dead Monroe Strung up on every street in Hollywood Like some two bit whore offering a rate And I wondered how Joe felt
I saw dead James ghost the sidewalk looking troubled And I wondered how his mama
I saw that said, "Headshots done for cheap" Signs that said, "Extras wanted, top paid" Signs for 'Haircuts' and signs for And signs for "Tanning salons" and signs for 'Wardrobe Signs for "Cosmetic surgery' and signs for training' And I stopped to them all
And every single block looked like every single Looked like every single block looked like every block But she kept driving everyone else kept driving And 'cause gridlock is evil and not knowing is evil
And who had money looked good But weren't too happy and who didn't have money Didn't so good and weren't too happy either And in a city of three million, two hundred and nine thousand hundred eighty four, everyone was lonely
Broken up in the wasteland, broken up in the land up in Disneyland, broken up in the plastic land Broken up in the wasteland, broken up in the Broken up in the
And I watched as everyone I spent their lives Trying to be watched on Watched on or listened to on a record And they thought, "Well, maybe way I get a little love out of this life"
And I watched as the best of my Abandoned their dreams and settled for making a money I watched TV, read the papers, to the radio And made all the scenes And said all the right words and wore all the right And the names of the hip people
But I still felt out of touch so I watching TV And reading the and listening to the radio And making the fancy scenes and saying the right And wearing the right and knowing the names of the hip people And I felt more out of touch ever but I didn't care anymore
And I felt you slipping away and I felt myself from you And I wanted more than anything For it to for one whole day like it used to But all there ever was was sun, sun, hot beating sun
And everyone wore their And walked around like flies under glass With their eyes
up in the wasteland, broken up in the promised land Broken up in Disneyland, up in the plastic land Broken up in the wasteland, up in the wasteland Broken up in the wasteland, up in the wasteland up in the wasteland