This song is called Desolation Town.
I stole my rose from the rising of the week
Gazed at her endlessly till she became a part of me
One day the petals fell and left a withered stick
I caged my heart with this crown of thorns to the river I did depart
Now I'm on the run to Desolation Town
Streets full of gunfire but my heart's full of song
Once you've known such beauty it can never be undone
So I keep on rolling
till my dying day
Found my lily on the banks of the Lee
Her eyes to me were a shining hook from which
I could not flee
She gazed so far into my soul and found the
thorn of rose Plucked it from my heart as the ebb and flow
Carried me out to sea
Now I'm on the run in Desolation Town
Streets full of gunfire but my heart's full
of song Once you've known such beauty it can never
be undone
So I keep on rolling
till my dying day
I spied me an orchid at the braying of the bay
Hidden deep within the reeds,
dark beauty
in the veins So I kneel down to collect it
but I'm stranded
in my tracks
Captured by her siren song as a statue I am cast
There lies a yew tree at the reaping of the rocks
Time gave him eternal life as a gift for his solitude
From his bough there comes a whisper on the wailing wind
Let no man
be an island when it comes to the flooding of the heart
Now I'm on the run from Desolation Town
Streets full of gunfire but my heart is full
and strong
Once you've known such beauty it can never
be undone
So I keep on rolling
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