Ugly Purple Sweater - The Sinking Of Lake Anne lyrics

All at once the river flowed into the precipice And so began the sinking of the town into the earth And all the kids were lying at the bottom of the lake All free for the take. Free for the take. All the kids scooped the fish into their bikes To ride them home and fry them up with onions All the grown ups screeched about the lake mud in the house And refused to eat. Refused to eat. And if you thought it was a bad bad thing Can you tell me why all the kids have moved away? All the factories moved away? There are those that have often said That the town began it's sinking long ago. And only now begins to show. Thomas Hull from his boathouse watched the waters roll away As if for Israelites to walk into a better place But Thomas knew that this was here to stay, and cried aloud "What am I to do with all these pedal boats?" And if you thought it was a bad bad thing Can you tell me why all the kids have moved away? All the factories moved away? There are those that have often said That the town began it's sinking long ago. And only now begins to show.