Ruins

I made you walk To the ruins at night I didn't know What was on your mind You kissed me there Among those great lost walls Then we walked back to my house Ruins of ourselves There was an old country In this corrupt, crony town It thrived on humility But you could not pass that down The fires that once blazed Burned out the night And light can get so sore You don't get it back anymore I said a prayer for the whole world tonight I could not see blossoms for blight I caught a ride on the Oliver lock and dam Clocked out about 80 Emptied that paper bag The Gulf tore mama's house Right out of the ground There's nothing lost That cannot be found, they say "Progress" pushed my house Right in on itself Now there's nothing to go back to No ruins even left