I saw the of my generation playing pinball Maked up and up And looking like kind of china doll
With all of Adolf Hitler's moves cold As they up in front of a Rock and Roll band And always moving upward and ever To this golden promised land
With the smartest of all Moonlighting as a word And the strongest of all Checking IDs saloons
And the prettiest of all taking off her In of men whose eyes look like were in some little hick town Near Omaha, the police chief Run his car off the side of a
I saw men with dreams the ones I'd had Beg outside the Seven-Eleven Till it got so they didn't affect me Than the mailboxes I'd that sometimes, I'd put somthing in the mailbox
I'd had the at my back now I felt it cold in my face And for an awful time now You were the only one who called me late at night And I really never noticed after you stopped calling And the emptiness, silence got so
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 Marilyn Monroe up on every street corner in Hollywood Like some two bit offering a discount rate And I wondered how Joe Dimaggio
I saw James Dean's ghost the sidewalk looking troubled And I how his mama felt
I saw signs that said, "Headshots for cheap" Signs that said, "Extras wanted, top paid" Signs for 'Haircuts' and signs for And for "Tanning salons" and signs for 'Wardrobe specialists Signs for "Cosmetic and signs for 'Assertiveness training' And I stopped to them all
And every single block looked like single block Looked like every single block like every single block But she driving 'cause everyone else kept driving And gridlock is evil and not knowing anywhere is evil
And those who had money looked But too happy and those who didn't have money Didn't look so and weren't too happy either And in a city of three million, two and sixty nine thousand Nine hundred eighty four, everyone was
Broken up in the wasteland, up in the promised land Broken up in Disneyland, up in the plastic land Broken up in the wasteland, broken up in the up in the wasteland
And I watched as I knew spent their lives to be watched on stage Watched on film or listened to on a And thought, "Well, maybe that way I could get a love out of this life"
And I watched as the 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 said all the right words and wore all the clothes And the names of the hip people
But I still felt out of touch so I stopped TV And reading the papers and to the radio And the fancy scenes and saying the right words And wearing the right clothes and knowing the names of the hip And I more out of touch than ever but I didn't care anymore
And I felt you slipping away and I felt myself slipping you And I wanted more than else For it to rain for one whole day it used to But all ever was was sun, relentless sun, hot beating sun
And everyone their sunglasses And walked around like flies magnifying glass their eyes removed
Broken up in the wasteland, broken up in the land Broken up in Disneyland, broken up in the land Broken up in the wasteland, up in the wasteland Broken up in the wasteland, up in the wasteland up in the wasteland