Here come the planes.
They're American planes. Made in America
Smoking or Non-smoking?
And the voice said 'Neither snow nor rain nor gloom
of night shall stay these couriers from the swift
completion of their appointed rounds.'
'Cause when love is gone, there is always justice
And when justice is gone, there is always force
And when the force is gone, there is always Mom. Hi Mom!
So hold me Mom, in your long arms. So hold me.
Mom, in your long arms.
In your automatic arms. Your electronic arms.
So hold me Mom, in your long arms.
Your petrochemical arms. Your Military arms.
In your electronic arms".
FROM...
http://smh.com.au/articles/2003/01/27/1043533999118.html
There's a great interview with Anderson in last week's Bulletin magazine
where she spoke of its refrain, "here come the planes", taking on an eerie
new meaning post-September 11. "I wrote O Superman during the Iran/Contra
scandal," she said. "Americans have short memories. They don't realise that
this is the same war that's been going on for 20 years."
Anderson, who's touring Australia next month, performed in New York a week
after September 11, and referred to the horror as an 'opportunity'.
"I thought about that word a lot. I really believe that when something big
happens, whether it seems good or seems bad, it's a chance to jump out of
your preconceptions. I was very disappointed that there was no dialogue in
the year since then. I suppose instead of opportunity the word would be
security because we're now just too afraid - or too lazy. These pools of
freedom and fear are really interesting ones. It's a brand new question,
what is it to be free and also afraid?"
