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It all started one day when the clouds obscured the sunThe whole town was turned upside down, even ice queens were on the runThe temperture was rising, there was fire in the stack,and the folks down at city hall had tried to turn the whole thing backOut on the street several did parade concernbut no more for the cause than for the time to burnThe cops had warned 'em fairly that mildly outlaw gangthat they had it comin', they were goin' out with a bang..But life went on as usual in that smokey familiar placewhere your hard pressed to remember a name let alone a faceBut all the same they know you, and you in turn know thembut if it's a time of need, they aren't what you'd call a friendJohnny was the first one hit, blown up in his carHe'd been a hard working man, but he'd gone a little too farAs the fire burned the masses took to the streetyou could see every strange character you could ever meet..The bars still made it open till half past ten,but none of them ever made it open againThe fire swept thru everything, noone could escapethey were cutting logs for a video, they ran out of tapeCameras couldn't catch the flames, they were a minute lateThey couldn't design history, it's all left up to fateEverything was burned to dust, the moon it came up redand there was nobody left to hear what wasn't said..I woke up again the next morning out of this crazy dreamI made a pot of coffee and I ran out of creamBetty the next door neighbor was hanging up her clothesacross the street they were mopping up, the night before their pipes hadfrozeBut the temp was warming, the day and sky were clearas I walked across the melting ice a cracking sound I did hearI no longer saw my shadow, I realized I had to runthat's when I noticed that the clouds, had obscured the sun..sallysally@usa.net
It all started one day when the clouds obscured the sunThe whole town was turned upside down, even ice queens were on the runThe temperture was rising, there was fire in the stack,and the folks down at city hall had tried to turn the whole thing backOut on the street several did parade concernbut no more for the cause than for the time to burnThe cops had warned 'em fairly that mildly outlaw gangthat they had it comin', they were goin' out with a bang..But life went on as usual in that smokey familiar placewhere your hard pressed to remember a name let alone a faceBut all the same they know you, and you in turn know thembut if it's a time of need, they aren't what you'd call a friendJohnny was the first one hit, blown up in his carHe'd been a hard working man, but he'd gone a little too farAs the fire burned the masses took to the streetyou could see every strange character you could ever meet..The bars still made it open till half past ten,but none of them ever made it open againThe fire swept thru everything, noone could escapethey were cutting logs for a video, they ran out of tapeCameras couldn't catch the flames, they were a minute lateThey couldn't design history, it's all left up to fateEverything was burned to dust, the moon it came up redand there was nobody left to hear what wasn't said..I woke up again the next morning out of this crazy dreamI made a pot of coffee and I ran out of creamBetty the next door neighbor was hanging up her clothesacross the street they were mopping up, the night before their pipes hadfrozeBut the temp was warming, the day and sky were clearas I walked across the melting ice a cracking sound I did hearI no longer saw my shadow, I realized I had to runthat's when I noticed that the clouds, had obscured the sun..sallysally@usa.net