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Map Ref 41 Degrees N 93 Degrees W - 2006 Remastered Version

An unseen ruler defines with geometry
An unrulable expanse of geography
An aerial photographer over-exposed
To the cartologist's 2D images knows
The areas where the water flowed
So petrified, the landscape grows

Straining eyes try to understand
The works, incessantly in hand
The carving and paring of the land
The quarter square, the graph divides
Beneath the rule, a country hides

Interrupting my train of thought
Lines of longitude and latitude
Define, refine my altitudes

Interrupting my train of thought
Lines of longitude and latitude
Define, refine my altitudes

The curtain's undrawn
Harness fitted, no escape
Common and peaceful, duck, flat, lowland
Landscape, canal, canard, water coloured

Crystal palaces for floral kings
A well known waving span of wings
Witness the sinking of the sun
A deep breath of submission has begun

Interrupting my train of thought
Lines of longitude and latitude
Define, refine my altitudes
Interrupting my train of thought
Lines of longitude and latitude
Define, refine my altitudes
Interrupting my train of thought
Lines of longitude and latitude
Define, refine my altitudes



Credits
Writer(s): Bruce Gilbert, Colin Newman, G. Lewis, Graham Lewis
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