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elephants' graveyard

from see thru songs by The Penguin Party

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lyrics

it’s not the change that haunts me
but the things that stay the same
the ones who didn’t move away
the bar that only changes name

the world belongs to someone else
the roads we took are gone
and someone dug the garden up
and someone thought the house looked wrong

back to the elephants’ graveyard
on one last excursion
back to the rusty old junkyard
the whole trip as one long diversion

back to the elephants’ graveyard
the journey ends where you departed
back to the swing in the backyard
around the world and back to where you started

I stand and watch the conga line
snake into the past
I wish that I had joined in time
I was too young, they moved too fast

back to the elephants’ graveyard
on one last excursion
back to the rusty old junkyard
the whole trip was one long diversion

I went away and made a life
When I came back you’d gone
You took a husband, lost a wife
You sold the place up and moved on

back to the elephants’ graveyard
on one last excursion
back to the rusty old junkyard
the whole trip as one long diversion

back to the elephants’ graveyard
the journey ends where you departed
back to the swing in the backyard
around the world and back to where you started

credits

from see thru songs, released January 1, 2008
Written and performed by Dave Milligan

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