Dieu! Mais que Marianne était jolie En chantant à pleine voix En criant dessus les toits Quand elle marchait dans les rues de Paris "Ça ira, ça ira, toute la vie" Marianne a cinq enfants Dieu! Mais que Marianne était jolie Quand elle embrasait le cœur de

Generation day, shot! Falling away, a generation dies And going in to the new times Revelations of the mind Destination changing all the tides Hate the way, speed of light Innocent cannot feel this fight or get it right Situation coming strong

Wasn't she a beer drinkin' woman? She was a beer-drinkin' woman The story's true ladies and gentlemen All the names have been changed to Protect the innocent The year nineteen hundred and forty The city, Chicago the place, Rubin's Tavern The story goes

The world keeps turning as we latch on to the wheel Signal to noise becomes the answer Innocent die Signal to noise defines the reason Our wounds begin to heal Are we paying attention or are we drifting? Too much negative action, not enough positive

I saw her standin' on her front lawn just twirlin' her baton Me and her went for a ride sir and ten innocent people died From the town of Lincoln Nebraska with a sawed-off .410 on my lap Through to the badlands of Wyoming I killed everything in my path I

The day you died my tears ran dry I feel you, I hear you echo in my soul I failed you, I miss you so The day you died echoes in my soul So hopeless and relentless falls this remorseless day A precious child with an innocent mind Born to suffer, in this

An unimaginable life We are the bridge We are the fire Oh I believe With all my heart I know we were born to be here again In the kind of love that you die for Somethin' in the innocent wind's