Book born Vagrants fishing
Endless, aimless in the
Flooded palace where the
King of Venice used to lie
Verse 2
Lonely woman plants a
Roof top garden from the
Soil that’s blown in and the
Seeds that washed up on the tides
Verse 3
Two young orphans burning
Ancient paintings and
Victorian tables just to
Keep from freezing in the night
Verse 4
They were born here knowing
Nothing other than the
Tales of mad men swearing
And before them used to lie
Refrain (1)
All very peaceful now
They have forgotten how
Greed used to drive us to fight
And to climb
(Chorus)
Wild people
Nearly feral
Living on what they can find
Just the fish and the fisherman
Mankind, and time
Verse 5
Fearful vagrants fashion
Tools to save them from the
Greed-born slavers that come
Swift on dark sails in the night
Verse 6
Sometimes tyrants passing
Hungry silence are there
No more orphans in their
Flooded world stripped bone dry
Verse 7
Perched like monkeys in the
Triple canopy of a
Crumbling jungle watching
Remnants of another world sail by
Refrain (2)
All very quiet now
They have forgotten how
Music used to live here
To dance in the minds
(Chorus)
By Michelle Willis, David Crosby, Becca Stevens, Michael League
Verse 1 Book born Vagrants fishing Endless, aimless in the Flooded palace where the King of Venice used to lie Verse 2 Lonely woman plants a Roof top garden from the Soil that’s blown in and the Seeds that washed up on the tides Verse 3 Two young orphans burning Ancient paintings and Victorian tables just to Keep from freezing in the night Verse 4 They were born here knowing Nothing other than the Tales of mad men swearing And before them used to lie Refrain (1) All very peaceful now They have forgotten how Greed used to drive us to fight And to climb (Chorus) Wild people Nearly feral Living on what they can find Just the fish and the fisherman Mankind, and time Verse 5 Fearful vagrants fashion Tools to save them from the Greed-born slavers that come Swift on dark sails in the night Verse 6 Sometimes tyrants passing Hungry silence are there No more orphans in their Flooded world stripped bone dry Verse 7 Perched like monkeys in the Triple canopy of a Crumbling jungle watching Remnants of another world sail by Refrain (2) All very quiet now They have forgotten how Music used to live here To dance in the minds (Chorus) By Michelle Willis, David Crosby, Becca Stevens, Michael League Explain Request ×
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