And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking And racing around to come up behind you again The sun is the same in a relative wa… - Roger Waters

They like a bomb-proof Cadillac
Air-conditioned, gold taps
Back-seat gun rack, Platinum hub caps
They pick horses for courses
They're the market forces
They like order, make-up, limelight, power
Game shows, rodeos, Star Wars, TV
They're The Powers That Be
If you see them come, you better run

And the Germans killed the Jews
And the Jews killed the Arabs
And the Arabs killed the hostages
And that is the news
And is it any wonder
That the monkey's confused
He said Mama Mama
The President's a fool
Why do I have to keep reading
These technical manuals?"

The monkey sat on a pile of stone
And he stared at the broken bone in his hand
Strains of a Viennese quartet rang out across the land
The monkey looked up at the stars
And he thought to himself
Memory is a stranger
History is for fools
And he cleaned his hands in a pool of holy writing
Turned his back on the garden and set out for the nearest town"