The Old Plantation

The old plantation has been abandoned The love is gone, yeah, the love is gone New hieroglyphics braid the columns Kids on the M train baptize the lawns Your floating jukebox stuck on "I'll Get You" So lost at sea, yeah, so lost at sea You watch the rations, you man the spyglass So far from Memphis, rivers from me But did you ever really try to peel away the sky? Neither did I The master bedroom, its shutters hanging It's no museum, it's no museum The fields are barren but for a bonfire A pile of empties in the mausoleum God bless the shelter, so bruised and battered God bless the sky, God bless the days The old plantation is like a sore now A home for maggots, but don't turn away Don't turn away until you try to peel away the sky