The City

The City Once it was a city Now it’s just a street With every mile another dream lays crushed And the sun shows no pity Pouring out its heat As mighty towers crumble into dust One by one they followed One by one they left without a trace There were signs on the water Portents in the sky The Watchers blind by sleep didn’t see a thing Six crows at the altar A bargain for the price Half less worth an eagle’s broken wing One by one they followed One by one they left without a trace What walks the moon at midnight Through the narrow lanes Lurking in the shadows that it cast A pestilence upon us, a blight A spreading stain Taking everything out on its path One by one they followed One by one they left without a trace So, sing the last love song written Drink up the vineyard grape Rouse the ghosts of tomorrow from their slumber If I break out of this prison And the hour’s not too late I’ll be down the road without a name or number One by one they followed One by one they left without a trace Written and Performed by Pravinand Maharaj aka Johnny Minstrerl Image credits: Creator:ZULFA MOHAMAD Copyright:New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd