Bali Go Down
In love with the lovely people - embraced in their culture so fine
Priest pours holy water o'er us - and we wear
the three colored twine
Entranced in dances and Monkey Chants - offerings, altars, and weavings
The lushness the sea the sky and the breeze - we never want to be leaving
Ah darn but it's going down - down - Bali go down - Tibetan long horn sounding
Arrived on a Monday morning - flight from
Singapore
Started off in Kuta - surroundings to explore
Hadn't been in Ubud - in almost thirty years
Didn't recognize it at all - so jam packed
front and rear
It's going down - down - Bali go down - Theramin sighing
They called it the overbuilt island - way back
in 92
And they didn't stop or miss a spot - another
shop could undo
Fleets unloading at Gilimanuk - planes pourin
to Ngara Rai
Concrete an trash are piling up - nothing
scapes the charm killers eye
It's going down - down - Bali go down - Saw crying
As fast as the hopeful new opens - lonely ruins
line long the street
Empty eateries beach chairs rooms taxis and
floors - awaiting millions new feet
Then one brick too many was laid - and a
shaking and rumblin began
The ground shifted down from the weight of it
all - and the ocean rushed in cross the sand
It's going down - down - Bali go down - Timpani rumbling
From the deck of our ship - we look back as she
slips
And like Titanic slinks - into Davey Jones'
sinks
Silent and numb - with tears on the run
Wavin bye bye Bali Goodbye -
Violin singing - shiva dances
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