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
But did you ever really try
To peel away the sky
Neither did I
God bless the shelter so bruised and battered
God bless the days yeah 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
Don't turn away until you try
To peel away the sky