This Was Pompeii-Dar Williams

[ti:This Was Pompeii] [ar:Dar Williams] [al:Mortal City] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]This Was Pompeii - Dar Williams [00:19.35]I am thinking about the woman in a century of peace [00:23.45] [00:25.18]On a bright mosaic she is washing on her knees [00:28.71] [00:29.70]And she looks up at the black sky beyond the mountain tall [00:33.80] [00:36.10]She says "Oh good the rain is finally going to fall" [00:40.78] [00:45.04]Today [00:45.66] [00:52.62]This was Pompeii [00:53.62] [01:06.10]Everyone has memories from the night that melted stone [01:10.04] [01:11.99]The neighbors nightgown the screaming on the phone [01:15.34]And the tired man at the station says "We can't tell who's alive [01:19.74] [01:21.39]All we ever know is that the tourists survive" [01:24.39] [01:29.17]"Tra la tra la let's go" they say [01:34.41] [01:39.05]"Let's go Pompeii" [01:41.99] [01:51.56]And I think about Pompeii when I feel an end is near [01:55.79] [01:57.22]Just before the rain and every time you disappear [02:00.11] [02:01.31]And I think about a teacup suspended and half served [02:05.40] [02:07.32]And all the scholars know is that it's perfectly preserved [02:10.98] [02:12.67]"Oh oh that's all" they say [02:19.94] [02:24.87]"This was Pompeii" [02:26.82] [02:44.09]And as for my on kingdom not a table leg was charred [02:48.15] [02:49.48]I simply lost my kingdom 'cause I held it much too hard [02:53.42] [02:54.89]Once I had a sadness the sadness turned to trust [02:58.15] [02:59.88]The trust turned into ashes and to lawyers and dust [03:04.77] [03:07.19]A century a day [03:12.28] [03:16.85]This was Pompeii [03:19.63] [03:26.14]This was Pompeii [03:29.15] [03:35.12]Oh oh oh oh oh hmm