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Columbus lyrics
columbus sailed on many moons
on a sea of hope
i ll be back it won t be soon
with every word i wrote
it s gone

a sentence in a dusty book
on a spartan shelf
the guards hold up her falling roof
with everything they know
it s gone/gone/gone

upon the shores of avalon
a soldier rests his head
the birds pick up the sweetest spot
to build their lonely nest
it s gone/gone/gone
it s gone/gone/gone

mother/i cried/mother/i cried
for us/for us

we pull the tree up by it s roots
it s shade no longer full
the fish hide in the longest reeds
ignoring their own rules
it s gone/gone/gone

spinning a new parasol
she gathered up the street
they used far too much dynamite
to bring down 300 hundred feet
of the wheel

kaleidiscopes of spinning tales
that i d onedaywrite
the island fell to disrepair
it fell right from my sight
it s gone/gone/gone
gone/gone/gone

mother/i cried/mother/i cried
for us/for us

the horses dug the deeper pits
with strength herefor not seen
we lived for gods we cannot see
but lived upon our wings
it s gone/gone

and everything i ever loved
i loved way too soon
a pauper plays his final act
refusing to lose
it s gone/gone/gone

the men they will still hoist aglass
to every fallen friend
they tore the castle down so quick
never thinking of the end
it s gone/gone/gone

mother/i cried/mother/i cried
for us/for us

the years don t need your oxygen
they need your summer rain
a temple to a single train
delivered on the rust
it s gone/gone/gone

he drew the lines upon her breast
stopping to his eye
she stood and watched the ships come in
passing on her left
they re gone/gone/gone


i reached for their benevolence
cast in endless gold
our cold is pure will to change
when everything is sold
it s gone/gone/gone
gone/gone/gone

mother/i cried/mother/i cried
for us/for us
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