Discover the story of the song > A League Of Notions – Al Stewart

The song is about the protagonist sitting in a wrecked Europe and looking at a map of Europe. He realizes that all the lines and borders on the map have disappeared. He talks about Lawrence of Arabia and how he has Arab sheikhs and kings waiting to help. The protagonist decides to give pieces of Russia and Germany to Poland, and put Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia back together. He also mentions picking up Persia, Iraq, and dealing with Churchill's issues. Woodrow Wilson talks about his fourteen points, but Clemenceau says there were only ten commandments from God. The protagonist doesn't understand everything that's going on, but knows that there's a chance to change the world. He mentions the responsibility and how reparations must be made. The song ends with the mention of Pax vobiscum, which means peace be with you. Overall, the song is about the confusion and complexity of reorganizing Europe after World War I.