I saw the of my generation playing pinball Maked up and up And looking like kind of china doll
With all of Adolf moves down cold As they stood up in front of a Rock and Roll And always upward and ever upward To gentle golden promised land
the smartest of them all Moonlighting as a processor And the strongest of all Checking IDs saloons
And the prettiest of all off her clothes In front of men whose eyes look They were in some little hick Near Omaha, the police chief Run his car off the of a bridge
I saw men dreams like the ones I'd had Beg quarters outside the Till it got so didn't affect me anymore the mailboxes I'd passed 'Cept that sometimes, I'd put in the mailbox
I'd had the wind at my now I felt it cold in my face And for an awful long now You were the only one who called 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, up in the plastic land Broken up in the wasteland, up in the wasteland up in the wasteland
I saw dead Marilyn Strung up on street corner in Hollywood Like some two bit whore offering a rate And I wondered how Joe Dimaggio
I saw James Dean's ghost Wandering the sidewalk troubled And I how his mama felt
I saw signs that said, "Headshots for cheap" Signs said, "Extras wanted, top dollars paid" for 'Haircuts' and signs for 'Manicures' And signs for "Tanning salons" and for 'Wardrobe specialists Signs for "Cosmetic surgery' and signs for training' And I stopped to read all
And every single block looked every single block Looked like every block looked like every single block But she kept driving 'cause everyone else kept And 'cause gridlock is evil and not knowing anywhere is
And those who had looked good But weren't too happy and those who didn't have Didn't look so good and weren't too happy And in a of three million, two hundred and sixty nine thousand Nine hundred four, everyone was lonely
Broken up in the wasteland, broken up in the land Broken up in Disneyland, broken up in the plastic up in the wasteland, broken up in the wasteland Broken up in the
And I watched as I knew spent their lives Trying to be watched on on film or listened to on a record And they thought, "Well, maybe way I could get a love out of this life"
And I as the best of my generation Abandoned their dreams and settled for a little money I watched TV, read the papers, listend to the And made all the fancy And all the right words and wore all the right clothes And the names of the hip people
But I still felt out of touch so I stopped TV And the papers and listening to the radio And making the fancy and saying the right words And wearing the right clothes and knowing the of the hip people And I felt more out of touch than ever but I didn't anymore
And I felt you slipping away and I felt myself slipping 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 magnifying glass With their removed
up in the wasteland, broken up in the promised land Broken up in Disneyland, broken up in the land Broken up in the wasteland, up in the wasteland Broken up in the wasteland, broken up in the Broken up in the