Songs:Atlantis (83439)

Lyrics

"Atlantis"

Words and music by Andrew McKnight

Verse 1
It is still along the Parkway, beyond the gate the road is closed
winter rain drips on the laurel, fog moves in like ghosts
in the valley below lies a cloud sea, that hides the lake, that hides my home
if you'd had me guess in my childhood, this is not how I dreamed life would go

Chorus
They say Moses raised his hands to part the Red Sea
But even Moses couldn't hold back TVA
From flooding our holler, for the Almighty Dollar
and sink our story far beneath the waves

Verse 2
Engineers said flood would take us, if we didn't build the dam to hold the rain,
but I've confusion swirling round their solutions, to me the end result seems the same
Now trophy fish take refuge in the chapel, no sounds of children, hymns or wedding bells
and I wonder if the anglers high above can hear them, I don't think those echoes travel water well

Chorus

Verse 3
Newsman said they might have found Atlantis, shining city deep in ocean blue
I wonder if the natives of that fair town, ever had the chance to feel these things I do

Chorus

It is still along the Parkway, I am leaving on the wings of ghosts