no avalon      I'm just a white girl   From a small, safe town   What could I possibly know about destruction?   My lawn sure looks green today   Underneath these suburban skies      But the little boy next door   Wants to be the Lord of the Flies      It's like Cain and Able and the holy sacrifice   And I have to believe that God has closed his eyes   And if there is no Avalon and we only have one life   It's hard to conceive why we let our brothers die      My bed is so safe here   And my rose-colored glasses, they're broken   And how the truth leaks in   And I, I can't imagine   I saw it on the news tonight   That they'd announce his name   I saw the blood on his hands   And they told me to look away      I tell ya it's like Cain and Able and the holy sacrifice   And I have to believe that God has closed his eyes   And if there is no Avalon and we only have one life   It's hard to conceive why we let our sisters die      Why, why?   Why?   It's a confusing civilization, darling       I tell ya It's like Cain and Able and the holy sacrifice      And I have to believe that God has closed his eyes   And if there is no Avalon and we only have one life   It's hard to conceive why we let our people die   We let 'em die   And watch them die