Un

der

the

ru

ins

of

a

walled

ci

ty

60

Crum

bling

tow

ers

and

beams

of

yel

low

light

118

No

flags

of

truce,

no

cries

of

pi

ty

182

The

siege

guns

had

been

poun

ding

through

the

night

244

It

took

a

day

to

build

the

ci

ty

315

We

walked

through

its

streets

in

the

af

ter

noon

376

As

I

re

turned

a

cross

the

fields

I’d

known

445

I

re

cog

nized

the

walls

that

I’d

once

made

509

I

had

to

stop

in

my

tracks

for

fear

567

Of

wal

king

on

the

mines

I’d

laid

624

And

if

I

built

this

for

tress

a

round

your

heart

740

En

cir

cled

you

in

tren

ches

and

barbed

wi

re

852

Then

let

me

build

a

bridge

938

For

I

can

not

fill

the

cha

sm

1010

And

let

me

set

the

bat

tle

~

ments

on

fi

re

1137

Then

I

went

off

to

fight

some

bat

tle

1278

That

I’d

in

ven

ted

in

side

my

head

1334

A

way

so

long

for

years

and

years

1398

You

pro

ba

bly

thought

or

e

ven

wished

that

I

was

dead

1465

While

the

ar

mies

are

~

all

slee

ping

1536

Be

neath

the

tat

tered

flag

we’d

made

1599

I

had

to

stop

my

tracks

for

fear

1657

Of

wal

king

on

the

mines

I’d

laid

1714

And

if

I

built

this

for

tress

a

round

your

heart

1830

En

cir

cled

you

in

tren

ches

and

barbed

wi

re

1943

Then

let

me

build

a

bridge

2028

For

I

can

not

fill

the

cha

sm

2100

And

let

me

set

the

bat

tle

~

ments

on

fi

re

2227

This

pri

son

has

now

be

come

your

home

2489

A

sen

tence

you

seem

pre

pared

to

pay

2553

It

took

a

day

to

build

the

ci

ty

2623

We

walked

through

its

streets

in

the

af

ter

noon

2683

As

I

re

turned

a

cross

the

lands

I’d

known

2752

I

re

cog

nized

the

fields

where

I’d

once

played

2817

Had

to

stop

in

my

tracks

for

fear

2874

Of

wal

king

on

the

mines

I’d

laid

2931

And

if

I

built

this

for

tress

a

round

your

heart

3049

En

cir

cled

you

in

tren

ches

and

barbed

wi

re

3163

Then

let

me

build

a

bridge

3247

For

I

can

not

fill

the

cha

sm

3319

And

let

me

set

the

bat

tle

~

ments

on

fi

re

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