Columbus

Corgan Billy

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