The Farewell Ball Lyrics by Mark Erelli
The government man
Started building his dam
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The government man
Started building his dam
So fallen, so lost, the light withdrawn
Which once he wore
When I was a boy
I went to hear this picker play
The silence in this house tonight is deafening
The thunderclouds above us now are threatening
At the diner downtown old timers sit around
Talk about the flood of ‘42
There was a time
We all watched the same screen
Even though it’s been forever
Some things bring me right back