Crow

Crow

I see the train pull out of town

I see that black smoke blossom rise above the hill

Seems like forever since my feet have touched the ground

If I move close I know I’ll hear

the sounds as mothers try to call their children home

If they were calmer, they would probably shed a tear

They will not cry for me

for I am just a crow

Now I recall when you were young

you thought this brave new world would last ten million years

You should have been a bit more honest all along

I watch them gather down below

I hear them shouting but I can’t make out the words

But pretty soon I know I’ll hear the sirens blow

They will not blow for me

for I am just a crow

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And now the clouds are rolling in

so deep and dark the sun might never shine again

There’ll just be weeds and cockaroaches and the the wind

Now even I must leave

though I am just a crow

I wish I could’ve helped

but I was just a crow