(Smith/Shanahan). (C)1997 druse music inc./slea head music. (ascap). Listen to my story. Got two tales to tell.. One of fallen glory. One of vanity.. The world's roof was raging but we were looking fine;. 'Cause we built that thing and it grew wings. in Nineteen-Fifty-Nine.. Wisdom was a teapot; Pouring from above.. Desolation angels. Served it up with Love.. Ignitin'[g strife] like every form of light. then moved by bold design. slid in that thing and it grew wings. in Nineteen-Fifty-Nine.. ****************. It was Blood shining in the Sun;. First: Freedom!. Speeding the american claim:. Freedom; Freedom; Freedom; Freedom!. ******************. China was the tempest; [And] Madness overflowed.. [The] Lama was a young man. and [he] watched his world in flames.. Taking Glory down by the edge of clouds;. It was a cryin'[g] shame.. Another lost horizon. Tibet the fallen star.. Wisdom and compassion Crushed in the land of Shangri-La.. But in the land of the Impala honey well. we were lookin' Fine. 'cause we built that thing and it grew wings;. In Nineteen-Fifty-Nine.. 'Cause we built that thing and it grew wings;. In Nineteen-Fifty-Nine.. It was the best of times it's [was] the worst of times;. In 1959; 1959; 1959; 1959; 1959; 1959; 1959.. It was the best of times; It was the worst of times..