After The Gold Rush

by k.d. lang

From the album: Hymns of the 49th Parallel

Track 1 of 11 on Hymns of the 49th Parallel (2004).

Duration: 4:00

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Lyrics for After The Gold Rush

Well, I dreamed I saw the knights in armor coming Saying something about a queen There were peasants singing And drummers drumming The archer split the tree A fanfare blowing To the sun That was floating on the breeze Look at mother nature on the run In the 1970s I was lying in a burned out basement With the full moon in my eyes I was hoping for replacement When the sun burst through the sky There was a band playing in my head And I felt like getting high I was thinking about what a friend had said I was hoping it was a lie I dreamed I saw a silver space ship flying In the yellow haze of the sun There were children crying And colors flying All around the chosen ones All in a dream, all in a dream The loading had begun Flying mother nature's silver seed to a new home in the sun Flying mother nature's silver seed to a new home

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More from Hymns of the 49th Parallel

  1. After The Gold Rush
  2. Simple
  3. Helpless
  4. A Case Of You
  5. The Valley
  6. Hallelujah
  7. One Day I Walk
  8. Fallen
  9. Jericho
  10. Bird On A Wire
  11. Love Is Everything