When Sal's Burned Down-Dar Williams

[ti:When Sal's Burned Down] [ar:Dar Williams] [al:The Honesty Room] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.01]When Sal's Burned Down - Dar Williams [00:00.02]Written by：Dar William [00:00.04] [00:15.70]Are we the fools for being surprised [00:18.45]That a silence could end with no sound [00:21.77]Like the silent movie era like with snow [00:24.67]Like when Sal's burned down [00:28.02] [00:28.88]Well yeah there was noise but nothing to mark the passing on [00:35.31]Of that great unspoken chance we had found [00:40.19]Where the night's end came well-trod and familiar [00:46.27]Like the Charlie Chaplin walk that fades to black [00:53.35]And there wasn't anyone trying to sell their souls [00:58.05]They were only trying to buy them back [01:07.40]They were only trying to buy them back [01:16.49]Well yeah there was a Sal [01:18.60]He walked with bulging pockets 'round town [01:22.55]Either he was up to no good [01:24.33]Or he just got excited watching things burn down [01:25.96] [01:30.51]Well I guess he got the idea [01:32.95]If you hold a chunk of gold in your hand now [01:36.49]For once in your life you can throw some weight around [01:41.77]And Sal your slimeball sell-out how can we blame you [01:47.85]We all want something to put our fingers on [01:55.25]And you'll never know the true throne that you've lost [01:59.81]Till the vinyl barstools are gone [02:09.00]Till the vinyl barstools are gone [02:43.50]If you toss around some words you might say that [02:49.46]Sal was carrying a torch for the mob [02:56.47]But the mob's gone too yeah the only sign of them left [03:01.34]He is on every screen at the Multiplex and we go there no prob hey [03:07.89]'Cause there ain't no cowboy's in this Connecticut town [03:15.03]No not anymore no not since Sal's burned down [03:23.20]Once you dip your tin cup down in the muse's watering hole [03:28.92]Or pioneer a new patch of common ground [03:34.05]Then you'd lie on your time-traveled bedroll [03:40.20]Quite amazed at the expansive terrain [03:47.41]And if anyone said you'd never have fame and fortune [03:50.92]Just that bar you know you'd ride that way again [04:01.08]I bet you'd ride that way again