Griffin

Cibola




they've built this boulevard
on a burning-blasted plain
the seeking pilgrims
will never be quite the same
all the dreams of avarice
only serve to feed the flame...

and a third world away
our brethren pray
just to live another day

the missionaries
pay their tithe and spin the wheel
bet their future
for a symbol on the reels
flies and death diseases
they'd never know the feel...

what can you say
they're not your problem anyway
there's only hell to pay

I watched a golden city
disappear into the night
thought about this vision
as I settled into the flight
wondered if I truly knew
what was wrong or right...

and the sun's harsh rays
burns down on their graves
our minds a world, or more, away



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