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The Grey Man Came Down the Lane

Smokestacks on the horizon
A dynasty of snakes
Uninhabitable islands
The music of this place

The grey man came down the lane
And cast his gaze of silent warning
He tried to speak but could only hiss like
Some old tape recording

Derelict ships on the coastline
Alligators in the pond
Fragments of a scattered bloodline
Soda cans and BB guns

The hurricane picked up the house and
Set it several blocks away
But somehow left the magazines stacked
Neatly on the table

At our Lady of the Sorrows
The matriarch was eating cake
From here on out her time is borrowed
The good Lord giveth and he take

And when the storm had lifted
The only telephone was gone
There were dormers in the causeway
No telling when the help would come

The grey man came down the lane
And cast his gaze of silent warning
He tried to speak but could only hiss like
Some old tape recording

The hurricane picked up the house and
Set it several blocks away
But somehow left the magazines stacked
Neatly on the table



Credits
Writer(s): John Klaras
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