Ancient Empires

from Houses on Stilts by Mapmaker

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we had intentions to sink our feet
down by the lakefront the sand’s real deep
the newly dead seaweed made you alone
‘cause even the Great Lakes are Autumn prone

long before we knew
long before we cared
long before we can’t
we can

you saw ancient empires met queens and serfs
you noticed the grown ups were happier
and then our big cousin ran to the pier
pulled by the collar back to our year

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from Houses on Stilts, released March 22, 2011
Performed and arranged by Mapmaker
Song written by Maxx McGathey

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