Heroes would've fought for youAnd poets would've thought of youHad you lived back when they did those sorts of thingsAnd seeing as how I long for youI thought maybe I'd write a song or two for youIf I could only say your nameBut I know you said you couldn'tBut does that mean I shouldn't tell youLadyland on that afternoon before your pulitzer eyesAnd those of a drunken lunaticOr maybe he was just in loveLadyland fell beneath our feetNot long after a waltz we wreathedAs if it was a one-sided japanese love suicideAs if it was a one-sided japanese love suicideAs if it was a one-sided japanese