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Lost Colony
05:38
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Lost Colony
In the year of our lord 1584
England set sail for New World shores
First colony settled in claim of their queen
Roanoke Isle who knew what fate would bring
Chorus
Life was hard And filled with strife
Trying to balance death and life
Winters harsh And filled with plague
Colony’s cost took its toll in spades
Verse 2
Forced return to England for supplies
Governor set out midst plaintive cries
Sent quickly cross Atlantic on his way
Colonists bound to face all Come what may
Chorus
Colony lost without a trace
New world last resting place
Supply ship returned from the sea
What they found was a mystery
Upon his return governor’s affright
Deserted village no grave markers in sight
What malady or massacre did destiny hold
None remained from whom the tale could be told
Chorus
Colony lost without a trace
No greater puzzle had the governor faced
Nary a clue what their fate may be
Save for the carving on a solitary tree-
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Man of Clay
03:32
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Neptune's Ballroom
03:53
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Neptune’s Ballroom
Built at peak of fortune’s rise
Symbol of unscrupulous device
Victorian whimsy he could boast
To any guest whom he might host
Ballroom under the estate lake
Extravagant folly of tycoon rake
Built in honor of God of sea
Poer wielded carelessly
Series of swindles gone awry
Soon took his life by cyanide
Faced trial Shame he couldn’t bear
Ballroom empty in disrepair
Chorus
None dance here anymore
Ballroom witness now silent
Opulent greed the undoing
Of the robber baron pirate
Ballroom once built for privileged fun
Now like a temple to the Ancient Ones
Eerie sunlight filtered gloom
Through glass dome dim green fills the room
Spire arched hallways add unease
Discontent ghosts watch silently
Chorus
None dance here anymore
Ballroom witness now silent
Opulent greed the undoing
Of the robber baron pirate
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Nothing
03:47
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I’ve done everything
that there is to do
But, in the end
It meant nothing to you
I gave you the world
You tore mine into
Shot down in flames
Like it’s nothing for you
Like it’s Nothing
Nothing
You’re just making and breaking
And tearing it down
to Nothing
Nothing
Till all that is left
are just memories
Burned to the ground
I gave you the World
You tore mine into
Shot down in flames
like it’s nothing for you
repeat chorus
Still, I begged every day
what else could I do
Still, you turned away
It was nothing for you
repeat chorus
When you’ve done everything that you can
Over and over and Over again
Still, we see in the end
it all boils down to…..
repeat chorus
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