[00:00.00] 作词 : MacManus[00:10.95]He thought he was the king of America[00:15.91]Where they pour Coca Cola just like vintage wine[00:20.94]Now I try hard not to become hysterical[00:25.70]But I'm not sure if I am laughing or crying[00:30.95][00:30.98]I wish that I could push a button[00:33.77]And talk in the past and not the present tense[00:41.71]And watch this hurting feeling disappear[00:45.41]Like it was common sense[00:50.30][00:51.74]It was a fine idea at the time[00:56.77]Now it's a brilliant mistake(Now it's a brilliant mistake)[01:05.65][01:16.40]She said that she was working for the ABC News[01:21.12]It was as much of the alphabet as she knew how to use[01:26.59]Her perfume was unspeakable—it lingered in the air[01:31.21]Like her artificial laughter, her mementos of affairs[01:36.90][01:36.93]"Oh," I said, "I see you know him—[01:39.85]Isn't that very fortunate for you?"[01:46.86]And she showed me his calling card[01:49.67]He came third or fourth, and there were more than one or two[01:56.67][01:57.49]He was a fine idea at the time[02:02.66]Now he's a brilliant mistake(Now it's a brilliant mistake)[02:11.46][02:22.27]He thought he was the king of America[02:27.49]But it was just a boulevard of broken dreams[02:32.67]A trick they do with mirrors and with chemicals[02:37.89]The words of love in whispers and the axe of love in screams[02:43.16][02:43.18]I wish that I could push a button[02:45.90]And talk in the past and not the present tense[02:53.76]And watch this loving feeling disappear[02:57.55]Like it was common sense[03:02.65][03:03.90]I was a fine idea at the time[03:08.95]Now I'm a brilliant mistake(Now it's a brilliant mistake)[03:19.06]I was a fine idea at the time[03:24.18]Now I'm a brilliant mistake(Now it's a brilliant mistake)