Cincinnati

Eyes register disbelief
as the span breaks away and drowns
iron truss and a greyhound bus
there'll be no escaping this town anymore

far away the lightning flames
illuminating forms of rank remains
Lined up and down the ghastly rows
in the masks of fear their faces froze
Just tell me in a tongueless whisper
and I'll remain with you as though I'm with her
in the eerie night recall the days
before the walls of Cincinnati came down

down on the banks of the river wide
you can just make out the form of the lost
mob standing on the brink in spite
of the guns and cannons aimed across at them

Now we can't distinguish night from day
but it doesn't matter anyway
seek shelter in that vacant store
Blow out the lights and bar the door
And tell me in a tongueless whisper
I'll remain with you as though I'm with her
in the endless night recall the days
before the walls of Cincinnati came down

Maybe it's all the same
anywhere you go
that's what I hope
Maybe someday it'll all come
around around around around

Screaming black jets overhead
echo screams of those below
running out to the border fence
against bullets you'll always be much too slow

Slowly rising from the ground
fires of hell and fires of man abound
reaching to the heavens open wide
there's nothing left nowhere to hide
just tell me in a tongueless cry
and I'll stay with you until we die
in the reddish glow remebering times
before the walls of Cincinnati came down