Columbus lyrics Lyrics

song lyrics 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 song lyrics