Song Description
The inherent evils of people trying to gain political advantage at the expense of the poor and defenseless.
| Song Length |
6:26 |
Genre |
Pop - Alternative, Jazz - Contemporary |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Duet Male/Female |
| Mood |
Annoyed |
Subject |
War |
| Similar Artists |
Steely Dan, Beck |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
What Have You Left Behind
Music & Lyrics: Allen Wentz
Where are your footprints, What have you left behind
Celluloid swill, the ole? plasticware
A lot of funny money and a flag up there, on the moon
And can you get me there by noon
Where are your footprints, What have you left behind
Very cheap thrills, Capitol hill
5 million frequencies, some cellular
Lots of Highways to no place in particular
Savaged by gutless men and women alike
Where ya gonna go when the goin? gets tough
Are ya gonna cry out ?I have had enough!?
Or are ya gonna ante up and lay it on the line
While the TV president spits into your eye..I
Don?t wanna die without speaking my piece
About love and war and all this disease
Brought to us by the one who lies
While the Big Man asks me ?What Have You Left Behind?
Where are your footprints, What have you left behind
History ignored, Intimate risk
Anything you want on a silver disc and more
Behind the disk drive door. 1-2-3
(1st chorus)
1 o?clock, 2 o?clock, rockin? around this digital timepiece safe and sound
While movie stars in all their glory
Put on their makeup and miss the story
About the human condition and the spirit there
Got a belly to feed and a thought to share
But its never gonna see the light of day
Because the messengers? been blown away
All of your gain isn?t worth the paper its on
And if I am right you can have it all
Though you think I am wrong, I will go down fighting
Down to the last of my breath to breathe
Where are your footprints, What have you left behind
Glamorous gab, atrophied minds
I know you want to hear about it one more time
Where are your footprints, What have you left behind
Nations disgraced, Terror on the face
Of a starving child of the human race
And me? I think I?ll ust sit back and watch tv. Good show.
(1st chorus, 2nd chorus)
3 o?clock, 4 o?clock, in the morning
Your conscience shakes without a warning
The devil tries those lies that bind
And the Big Man keeps askin? me ?What Have You Left Behind?
©1999 From Wentz It Came, ASCAP