Revisionism Street

<br>I saw them standing on a corner<br>Bathed in ordinary light<br>They turned away and started walkin`<br>And faded off into the night<br>Some years ago they were in fashion<br>Tonight they couldn`t get a seat<br>They`ve got themselves a brand new history<br>From Revisionism Street<br>Written on Revisionism Street<br><br>The years of sacrifice and struggle<br>The arc of stardom`s natural course<br>The inevitable decline<br>The wolves waiting at the door<br>"Let`s dig up something really nasty"<br>"Let`s get some clay around their feet"<br>"No ones memory is sacred `round here<br>On Revisionism Street"<br><br>"We`ll never be in the arena"<br>"Hey, we`ll never have to compete"<br>"We`ll never write a classic novel"<br>"And we`ll never have to be discreet!"<br><br>Alfred Hitchcock, Isaac Newton<br>Elvis Presley, Captain Bligh<br>They`re heroic or pathetic<br>Depending on which book you buy<br>Charles Dickens, Jackie Gleason<br>Burn `em all, turn up the heat<br>If there`s no truth, use innuendo<br>this is Revisionism Street<br><br>"Let`s find ourselves some old acquaintance"<br>"Let`s see what they have to say"<br>"Some disgruntled ex-employee"<br>"Presto! Payday!"<br><br>A tree falls in the forest<br>A million copies go to print<br>Some parasitic little feeder<br>Sits back and makes a mint<br>Somewhere a baby`s softly sleeping<br>lt`s innocence complete<br>Unaware they`re workin` late tonight<br>On Revisionism Street