Текст песни Line 'Em Up (Live) - James Taylor

Oh I remember Richard Nixon back in '74
And the final scene at the White House door
And the staff lined up just to say goodbye
Tiny tear in his shifty little eye

"Nobody knows me
Nobody understands
Little people were good to me
Oh, I'm gonna shake some hands"

Somebody line 'em up
Line 'em all up
Line 'em up
Line 'em all up
Help me, line 'em up
Line 'em all up
Line 'em up
Line 'em all up

At that time my heart was all broke
I looked like ashes and smelled like smoke
And I turned away from my loving kind
Try to leave my body and live in my mind

But it's much too much emotion
To hold in your hand
They've got waves out on the ocean
They're gonna wear away the land

I say line 'em up
Line 'em all up
Line 'em up
Line 'em all up
Can't you line 'em up
Line 'em all up
Line 'em up
Line 'em all up

Oh I've seen corn in Kansas
And I've seen picket fences
And perfect cowboy dances
I've been lining up for shows
I've been safely placed in rows
Sure I know how this goes

Yet another day goes by
Little time machine
I'm breaking my brain
Over what it might mean
Just to claim the time
And to turn away
To make today, today

Who waits for you?
Lonely tired old toad
It's your life laid out before you
Like the broken white line down the center of the road

Line 'em up
Line 'em all up
Line 'em up
Line 'em all up
Help me line 'em up
Line 'em all up
Line 'em up
Line 'em all up

Yeah, big moon landing
People all standing up
Smiles for the loved ones
We go walking on down the aisles
Each re-engages, stepping into the sun
I watch them turn like pages
One by one by one

Line 'em up
Line 'em all up
Line 'em up
Line 'em all up
Can't you line 'em up?
Line 'em all up
Line 'em up
Line 'em all up

C'mon line up
Help me line 'em up
Got to line 'em up
Just to line 'em up
It works when you line 'em up
Line 'em all up
Line 'em up
Line 'em all up