Calliope
(verse 1)
The children of Alcatraz, are playing monopoly.
Roll the dice. Roll the dice.
The bird man of Alcatraz,
is building a flying machine, for to fly, for to fly.
(chorus 1)
Work, work, play.
Wasted all the day.
I’m falling.
Calliope’s calling, out to me.
(verse 2)
We are the American boys.
We’re writing the alphabet, in the sky, in the sky.
We watch the American girls.
They move like Calliope, through our eyes, through our eyes.
(chorus 2)
Work, work, play.
Wasted all the day.
I’m flying.
Calliope’s sighing, under me.
(verse 3)
The archangel Gabriel,
he stands with a flaming sword, for to guard, the entrance to Eden.
The angels were astronauts.
They found the sky larger than, all the moons of Jupiter.
(chorus 3)
Wake, wake, dream.
I’m bursting at the seams.
I’m dying.
Calliope’s crying, over me.
The children of Alcatraz, are playing monopoly.
Roll the dice.
