City of Gold Songtext

von Pearls Before Swine

"City Of Gold"
By Tom Rapp

I have crawled across the burning sands
To the city of gold
When I scratched upon theg ates
Oh, Lord I felt so old

My talking, it was only words
My smile was only teeth
I had so many friends there,
I knew I was alone
Oh, Lord I felt like a thief

I saw a man all wrapped in chains
Wracked with pain all through
I said, "I saw your face once in a pane of glass."
And he said, "I saw you."

Then he handed me a book
I asked him what it was
But just then all the townspeople gathered around
To look at all the blood

The people, they all jeered at him
And circled him all 'round
And an old man pulled a gun from his pants
And laughed and shot him down

They called for gas, they pulled out knives
What they did, I will not say
Then the old man turned to me, said,
"We don't like your kind."
And I knew that I was saved