| | Great Nations of Europe Lyrics Artist(Band):Randy Newman
they'd conquered what was behind them and now they wanted more so they looked to the mighty ocean and took to the western sea The great nations of europe in the 16th century Hide your wives and daughters, hide the groceries too The great nations of europe comin through The Grand Canary Islands first land to which they came they slaughtered all the canaries there which gave the land its name there were natives there called guanches, guanches by the score bullet's, disease the portugese, they weren't there any more now they're gone, they're gone, they're really gone you never seen anyone so gone there's pictures in a museum, some lines written in a book but you won't find a live one, no matter where you look Hide your wives and daughters, hide the groceries too The great nations of europe comin through columbus sailed for india found salvador instead he shook hands with some indians and soon they all were dead they got tb and typhoid and athletes foot, diptheria and the flu 'scuse me great nations comin through balboa found the pacific and on the trail one day he met some friendly indians whom he was told were gay soooooooooooooo he had them torn apart by dogs on religious grounds they say the great nations of europe were quite holy in their way now they're gone, they're gone, they're really gone you never seen anyone so gone some bones hidden in a canyon some paintings in a cave they're no use tryin to save them, there's nothin left to save hide your wives and daughters, hide your sons as well with the great nations of europe you never can tell where you and i are standing at the end of a century europes have sprung up everywhere as even i can see but there on the horizon is the possiblity that some bug from out of africa might come for you and me destroying everything in it's path from sea to shining sea like the great nations of europe in the 16th century If you find some error in Great Nations of Europe Lyrics, would you please submit your corrections to me? Thank You. Review about Great Nations of Europe The funniest and saddest song ever | Reviewer: gamegrrrl | 11/6/2007 This is one of my favorite songs ever. Everytime I hear or sing it, I want to laugh and weep at the same time. Newman has captured with great precision one of the greatest tragedies in human history, even before Jared Diamond put a point on it with Guns, Germs and Steel. A testimony to the power of a song to say so much with so few words. Great Nations with a lesson for the 21st century | Reviewer: Tampa Dave | 3/31/2006 Randy Newman, master of the tongue-in-cheek lyrics, has struck in a major way with this offering. Here are the facts we didn't learn from our history teachers in school, Manifest Destiny seen from the flip side. One of the funniest songs I have ever heard, it rates 8.8 on a 1-10 scale. Review the song Great Nations of Europe The area is only for review, if you want to submit the lyrics or the corrections of the lyrics, please click the link at the end of the lyrics.  Download "Randy Newman" Music | |
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