The Biggest Monument

Well he shouts and wakes the whole street up He says 'I've never believed in you anywayHe says 'Now what the hell do you want to lecture me for To keep the approaching years at bay?And as the curtains opposite open slight They see a front door slam And God the Father to His chosen Son Shouts 'Be saved or You'll be damnedAnd the years go past Nothing changes 'cept the date This time, it's just the same as the last It's always just too late He smashed the car again last night And he can't bang out the dent He was trying to pull down the biggest monument Wallpaper medals decorate the soldiers But the memories have peeled away Well people fight, they come and go like politicians So proud to have nothing to say Well there were moving pictures on the news at ten Why they rioted, it's a mystery Well let's play tin soldiers at Goose Green I never said we learned from history And the years go past Nothing changes 'cept the date This time, it's just the same as the last