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Crumbling Land Lyrics

In a while I'll find the time to make the sunshine mine
In a smile I saw a single eagle in the sky
Wheeling, soaring, gliding by
On a hill there lived a man with many shining things
Shiny gold, shiny car and shiny diamond rings
Wining, dining, shining king
Now the eagle flies in clear blue skies
Dreaming in the clear blue air
Back here on the ground another dealer coughs and dies
But fifty more come rolling off the Ford production line
Then a man appearing like a mirage on the sand
In his hand a moving picture of the crumbling land
Screaming, dealing, movie man
Here we go, hold your nose to see if something blows
Close your eyes, count to ten and see the sunrise rise
Gliding high into the sky
By the ornamental lake a diamond lies
Upon the finger of the king
On high the eagle spies the glitter of a gun
Then wheeling in a climbing turn, he flies into the sun
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How come no one commented on this song? Most people probbly havent heard it. It was off of the Zabriskie Point Movie Soundtrack. Awesome song, doesnt even sound Floyd-ish.

Cover art for Crumbling Land lyrics by Pink Floyd

Very unlike floyd....awesome though.

Cover art for Crumbling Land lyrics by Pink Floyd

A song that's very hard to get, but it's worth searching for!

Cover art for Crumbling Land lyrics by Pink Floyd

It's actually not too hard to get, it's right there on the i-tunes music store. I'm not sure what it's about, but it's pretty good. Not Floyd's prime, though.

Cover art for Crumbling Land lyrics by Pink Floyd

You could try www.allofmp3.com, too. It's cheaper there.

Cover art for Crumbling Land lyrics by Pink Floyd

This is a highly underrated song easily the best on Zabriskie Point.

And lyrically, it does sound Floydish.

Cover art for Crumbling Land lyrics by Pink Floyd

Amazing

Cover art for Crumbling Land lyrics by Pink Floyd

I may be wrong...but this is what I hear:

In a while I'll find the time to make the sunshine mine in a smile I saw a single eagle in the sky wheeling, soaring, gliding high

On a hill there lived a man with many shining things shiny pool, shiny car and shiny diamond rings wining, dining, shining king

Now the eagle flies in clear blue skies breathing in the clear blue air back here on the ground another dealer coughs and dies but fifty more come rolling off the thought/Ford production line

Then a man commuting like a mirage on the sand in his hand a moving picture of the crumbling land screaming, dealing, movie man

Here we go, hold your nose and see if something blows close your eyes, count to ten and see the sunrise rise climbing high into the sky

By the old [unintelligible uhmaytul lake a darkened lies] upon the finger of the king on high the eagle spies, that glitter of a gun then wheeling in a climbing turn, he flies into the sun

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By the ornamental lake a diamond lies upon the finger of the king

Generally I think this is the song about the people who lost the sense of freedom and ultimately life in the search for glory and wealth