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PERFORMING ARTISTS
David Crosby
David Crosby
Vocals
Michael League
Michael League
Electric Bass Guitar
Becca Stevens
Becca Stevens
Vocals
Michelle Willis
Michelle Willis
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
David Crosby
David Crosby
Composer
Michael League
Michael League
Composer
Becca Stevens
Becca Stevens
Composer
Michelle Willis
Michelle Willis
Composer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Poor born vagrants
Fishing endless, aimless
In the flooded palace
Where the king of Venice
Used to lie
[Verse 2]
Lonely woman
Plants a rooftop garden
From the soil that's blown in
And the seeds that washed up
On the tides
[Verse 3]
Two young orphans (Two young orphans)
Burning ancient painting (Ancient paintings)
And Victorian tables (Victorian tables)
Just to keep from freezing (To keep from freezing)
In the night
[Verse 4]
They were born here
Knowing nothing other
Than the tales of mad men
Swearing men before them
Used to fly
[Verse 5]
All very peaceful now
They have forgotten how
Greed used to drive us
To fight and to climb
[Verse 6]
Wild people, nearly feral
Living on what they can find
Just the fish and the fishermen
Mankind
And time
[Verse 7]
Fearful vagrants
Fashion tools to save them
From the greed born slavers
That come swift on dark sails
In the night
[Verse 8]
Sometimes tyrants
Passin' hungry silence
Either no more orphans
In their flooded world stripped
Bone dry
[Verse 9]
Perched like monkeys (Perched like monkeys)
In the triple canopy (Triple canopy)
Of a crumbling jungle (Crumbling jungle)
Watching remnants of another world (Remnants of another world)
Sail by
[Verse 10]
All very quiet now
They have forgotten how
Music used to live here
To dance in the minds
[Verse 11]
Wild people, nearly feral
Living on what they can find
Just the fish and the fishermen
Mankind
And time
Written by: Becca Stevens, David Crosby, Michael League, Michelle Willis

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