Only the Stones Remain - The Soft Boys

Men were executed, women bled

Beads and fish changed hands and

Children stayed up late

Uh huh

Colored drums they stretched the night

There’s a taxidermist looking for a fight

But now he’s gone

Ah yeah, only the stones remain

Girls were decked with flowers and violated while

Boys spat juice from out of their fresh young bulbs

Soldiers crossed their hearts and died and

Pretty girls turned cold inside

But now they’re gone

Ah yeah, only the stones remain

Oh they’re gone, yeah

Only the stones remain

And the stones have forgotten them

The stones have forgotten them

They break your body and drain the life out of it

It sinks into the soil while the soul flies up into the air above

And when there’s no more tears to cry, there’s

Nothing left to do but laugh

Stained glass elaborations collapse and candyfloss evaporates, honey

Only the stones remain, here they go

Ah yeah, only the stones remain

Now they’re gone

Ah yeah, only the stones remain

Ah yeah, only the stones remain