The Minus 5 - The Old Plantation lyrics

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 spygla** 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