>>Well, by that, I meant the League of Nations.
League of Notions
Al Stewart
Im here sitting in the wreck of Europe
With a map of Europe
Spread out in a hall of Versailles
And every single nationality and principality
have come for a piece of the pie
Im sitting in the wreck of Europe
With a map of Europe
And the lines and the borders are gone
Weve got to do this jigsaw puzzle
Its an awful muddle
But somehow weve got to go on
Lawrence of Arabia is waiting in the wings
Hes got some Arab sheikhs and kings
And were in debt to them somehow
Lawrence of Arabia has got this perfect vision
Gonna sell him down the river
Theres no time for him now
I think Im gonna take a piece of Russia
And a Piece of Germany
And give them to Poland again
Ill put together Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia
And hope that is how theyll remain
Then Ill take a bit of Turkey
Then a lot of Turkey
This is all quite a heady affair
Theres Persia and Iraq to pick up
And theres Churchills hiccup
And we cant leave it up in the air
Woodrow Wilson waves his fourteen points around
And says The time to act is now
Wont get this opportunity again
Woodrow Wilson has his fourteen points
But Clemenceau turns to Lloyd George
And says You know that
God himself had only ten
Today Im carried by a league of notions
(Its a league of notions)
By a league of notions
I dont think I quite understand
(I dont think I understand)
I only know from this commotion
(From this commotion)
Theres a chance that we could turn
The world in the palm of our hands
(We can turn the world in the palm of our hands)
Voices in the corridors of power
Candles burning hour by hour
Still you know that to the victors go the spoils
Such a great responsibility to make it fair
And there must be some reparations now
And dont forget the oil
Today Im carried by a league of notions
(Its a league of notions)
By a league of notions
I dont think I quite understand
(I dont think I understand)
I only know from this commotion
(From this commotion)
Theres a chance that we could turn
The world in the palm of our hands
(We can turn the world in the palm of our hands)
Pax vobiscum
Wo-Oh, Pax vobiscum
One day I’ll get to ask him what Ace Frehley is doing on his album cover.