With my face in the cement
Heard the last moan of a boxer
Seen the massacre of the innocent
Felt around for the light switch
Turned around for her face
And treated like a farm animal
I know a wild goose chase
east of the Rock of Gibraltar
I see the turning of the page
Curtain rising on a new age
See the groom's still waiting at the altar
They arrest you for robbery
Mistake your shyness for aloofness
Your shyness for snobbery
Got the message this morning
The one that was sent to me
About the madness of becoming
What one was never meant to be
east of the Rock of Gibraltar
I see the turning of the page
Curtain rising on a new age
See the groom's still waiting
Don't know what I can say
Wouldn't come back to haunt me
Finally had to give her up
About the time she began to want me
On them who are slandered
If she'd only make me feel obligated
east of the Rock of Gibraltar
I see the turning of the page
Curtain rising on a new age
See the groom's still waiting at the altar
Put your hand on my head, baby
I see people who are supposed
Standing' round like furniture
There's a wall between you
east of the Rock of Gibraltar
I see the turning of the page
Curtain rising on a new age
They're killing nuns and soldiers
There's fighting on the border
What can I say about Claudette?
Ain't seen her since January
She could be respectably married
Or running a whorehouse in
east of the Rock of Gibraltar
I see the turning of the page
Curtain rising on a new age