(Emmylou Harris/Jill Cunniff)
Five-lane highway danger zone
SUV and a speaker phone
You need that chrome to get you home
Doin' time in Babyion
Cluster mansion on the hill
Another day in Pleasantville
You don't like it take a pill
Doin1 time in Babyion
In the land of the proud and free
You can sell your soul and your dignity
For fifteen minutes on TV
Doin'time in Babyion
So suck the fat, cut the bone
Fill it up with silicone
Everybody must get cloned
Doin' time in Babyion
Little Boy Blue come blow your horn
The crows are in the corn
The morning sky is red and falling down
The piper's at the till
He's coming for the kill
Luring all our children underground in Babyion
We came frorn apple pie and mom
Thru Civil Rights and Ban the Bomb
To Watergate and Vietnam Hard times in Babyion
Rallied 'round the megaphone
Gave it up, just got stoned
Now it's Prada, Gucci and Perron
Doin' time in Babyion
Get results, get 'em fast
We're ready if you got the cash
Someone else will be laughin' last
Doin' time in Babyion
So put that conscience on the shelf
Keep the best stuff for yourself
Let the rest fight over what is left
Doin' time in Babyion
Little Boy Blue come blow your horn
The crows are in the corn
The morning sky is red and falling down
Let your song of healing spark
A way out of this dark
Lead us to a higher and a holy ground
Alabama-born Emmylou Harris was one of the most influential country singers of the 70s and beyond. Originally a more folksy singer with one album already under her belt, Harris' life and musical direction changed after a 1971 gig in New York, when she was approached by audience member Chris Hillman. A member of the Byrds, and then the Flying Burrito Band, Hillman put Harris in touch with country-rock pioneer Gram Parsons, who was looking for a female singer for his debut solo album GP. For a short while Harris toured and recorded with Parsons, including on his famous second album Grievous Angel, but Parsons died in 1973 from a drug overdose, leaving Harris distraught and jobless.
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