One by One

Shall we sit down together for a while
Here on the hillside?
Where we can look down on the city
in the sunset
so old, so sick with memories
Old woman,
some they say are damned
but you I know,
will walk the streets of paradise…..
The old woman said no
By Dennis Johnson
From the foreword of
`Strumpet City` (James Plunkett)
One by One
See the mighty all have fallen
One by One
The townspeople hide and cry
One by One
Bodies laid under tarpaulin
One by One
Seeking refuge in the basement
One by One
Helping no-one but yourself
One by One
Stranded children seek replacement
Cyanide escapes upon the shelp
Panic, panic
Respected citizens are on the run
Panic, panic
All the kings and queen are dying
One by One
One by One
Metropolises painted still
One by One
Standards slump where chaos reigns
One by One
Seeking Hamlyn`s secret hill
Frozen snakes in traffic lanes
One by One
Believers climb the only towers
One by One
Bibles clutched in bloodied hands
One by One
Authorities to clear the grounds of flowers
To bury friends of Uncle Sam
Panic, panic
Masses try to find a chosen one
Panic, panic
False prophets, profit always one by one

(Burgess/Ruefrex)

All songs Recorded and Performed by ©Ruefrex