columbus sailed on many moons   on a sea of hope   i'll be back it won't be soon   with every word I wrote   it's gone      a sentence in a dusty book   on a spartan shelf   the guards hold up her falling roof   with everything they know   it's gone/gone/gone      upon the shores of avalon   a soldier rests his head   the birds pick up the sweetest spot   to build their lonely nest   it's gone/gone/gone   it's gone/gone/gone      mother/i cried/mother/i cried   for us/for us      we pull the tree up by it's roots   it's shade no longer full   the fish hide in the longest reeds   ignoring their own rules   it's gone/gone/gone      spinning a new parasol   she gathered up the street   they used far too much dynamite   to bring down 300 hundred feet   of the wheel      kaleidiscopes of spinning tales   that i'd onedaywrite   the island fell to disrepair   it fell right from my sight   it's gone/gone/gone   gone/gone/gone      mother/i cried/mother/i cried   for us/for us      the horses dug the deeper pits   with strength herefor not seen   we lived for gods we cannot see   but lived upon our wings   it's gone/gone      and everything I ever loved   i loved way too soon   a pauper plays his final act   refusing to lose   it's gone/gone/gone      the men they will still hoist aglass   to every fallen friend   they tore the castle down so quick   never thinking of the end   it's gone/gone/gone      mother/i cried/mother/i cried   for us/for us      the years don't need your oxygen   they need your summer rain   a temple to a single train   delivered on the rust   it's gone/gone/gone      he drew the lines upon her breast   stopping to his eye   she stood and watched the ships come in   passing on her left   they're gone/gone/gone         i reached for their benevolence   cast in endless gold   our cold is pure will to change   when everything is sold   it's gone/gone/gone   gone/gone/gone      mother/i cried/mother/i cried