Jefferson Songtext
von David Berkeley

When you come down
When you come down
When you come down

Jefferson, I heard your tears fall down
Over the fall of the rain
Why is it you and I were never that much the same?
Rain on the road across the Delaware
Nearly washed us away
How come philosophy folds in the light of the day?
How come the leprosy ate everything away?
A piece of the west broke away

A piece of the west broke away, away
We are worn like the river stones
Away, away
Lay your bones on the river stones
Washed up like the river stones


In Bethlehem a baby boy was born
Born to build a bomb
What was the fighting for?
Who remembers his song?
The boy was king, he was a prodigy
In love with everything
But why did the kingdom come and spill on everyone?
And why the confusion, son, the closer we cling to the gun?
Have fall of the west begun?

A piece of the west broke away, away
We are worn like the river stones
Away, away
Lay your bones on the river stones
Washed up like the river stones

In Pennsylvania there′s a bridge that broke
The water washed it on by
Why is it you and I buckled under the tide?
Jefferson, we should have listened
Should have answered the call
But what did you want from me?
Now the west will fall
And who did you hope to be?
Now the west will fall
Yeah, now the west will fall


Yeah, now the west will fall, away
We are worn like the river stones
Away, away
Lay your bones on the river stones
Washed up like the river stones
Rattle the river stones
We are worn like the river stones