Laconia, Laconia
Gazing across the desolate yard
The broken windows speak
Of a time that is bygone, a curtain-less view
Of lives banished and bleak
Were there birthdays, and romance
Laughter and balloons
Was there sorrow, and anguish
On those lonesome afternoons
Forgotten, rejected
The feeble-minded, the weak
Cast into the oblivion
No graves to mark their fate
Oh give us the courage
To look within this place
To see inside its cursed walls
The truth of our mistakes
The masonry cracks, the bedposts collapse
The moss finds its way through the stair
Slowly the earth envelopes the past
Granting forgiveness - a prayer
Unwanted, forsaken
Their whispers haunt the wind
Longing for their freedom
For friendship and for kin
Oh give us the courage
To look within our hearts
To see beyond fictitious walls
That keep us all apart
Teach us to love each other - to be kind
Remind us every day that we are intertwined
Laconia, Laconia
