John & Mary
July 6th
July 6: the end of the war was in sightAnd in Hartford the circus tents glowing if just for one night'44: a world torn apart at the seamsBut a three-ring performance tonight to a land make-believeAnd all eyes were moving as oneAt marvels from faraway landsBut no eyes had noticed the childHappy to just be there in the standsEyes so wildWorking men as honest as summer day's longHad been saving for weeks for this night that now finally had comeTimes like these can make you forget all that's lostYellow ponies parading as flaming batons skyward tossedBut no one could ever explainHow everything just fell apartHow heaven was turned into hellOr just how a fire could startOver six thousand people were panicking, screamingAnd clawing their way to the gateAnd by morning the death angel's toll had reached one sixty-eight...Families came, a listing of victims they'd readAll so senseless and tragic this wake of a human stampedeAll but one identified there cold as stoneSongtexteAll but one had been claimed by their loved ones and taken back homeA young girl lay silent and stillAs if she were trapped in a dreamThe newspapers posted her faceA face that nobody had seenNot a soulThe photograph taken was printed in papers, Seattle clear to MaineAnd no person on earth would admit just to knowing her nameNot a friend,Not her schoolPlaymates gone,Neighbors noneNot one clue.
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