PJ Harvey Lyrics
"Near The Memorials To Vietnam And Lincoln"

At the refreshments stand,
a boy throws out his hands
as if to feed the starlings
but really he throws nothing -
it's just to watch them jump.
See the people coming,
lumbering over the grass
to squeeze into plastic chairs,

nears the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln.

Three notes, a bugle call -
a black man in overalls
arrives to empty the trash,
hauls it to a metal hatch,
a doorway opens up
to the underworld.
The boy throws empty hands -
the starlings jump,

near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln.