The National - Mansion On The Hill lyrics

There's a place out on the edge of town, sir Rising above the fact'ries and the fields Ever since I was a child, I can remember The mansion on the hill In the day, you can see the children playing On the road that leads to the gates of hardened steel Steel gates that completely surround The mansion on the hill At night, my daddy'd take me and we'd ride Through the streets of a town so silent and still Park on a back road along the highway side Look up at the mansion on the hill In the summer, all the lights would shine There'd be music playing, people laughing all the time Me and my sister, we'd hide out in the tall corn fields Sit and listen to the mansion on the hill Tonight, down here in Linden town I watch the cars rushing by, home from the mill There's a beautiful full moon rising Above the mansion on the hill