"Sinkhole"

(written by W.J. Hersh)

Well it's sundown in the sinkhole

It's sunrise up on the hill

The thieves are sleeping in Hades' palm

And they're keeping very still

It's summer in winter haven

And the earth, she's caving in

There's no water on the land

And it's all because of sin

May Rose Owens lost her bedroom

When the porches all fell in

Guy Legard kissed his yard goodbye

And it's all because of sin

No one must be told about this thieving in the night

The memory of the landscape

Was lost with the morning light

And it's sundown in the sinkhole

It's sunrise up on the hill

The thieves are sleeping in Hades' palm

And they're keeping very still

It's summer in winter haven

And the earth, she's caving in

There's no water on the land

And it's all because of sin

Seven recreational vehicles were buried underground

They hired a crane to dig 'em out

But six could not be found

A porsche and half a swimming pool are lost, I am afeared

They hired a crane to get them, too

But it soon disappeared

And it's sundown in the sinkhole

It's sunrise up on the hill

The thieves are sleeping in Hades' palm

And they're keeping very still

It's summer in winter haven

And the earth, she's caving in

There's no water on the land

And it's all because of sin

Saint Augustine in his slumber feels the depths of his own soul

Saint Bernadette in her vision feels her body beyond control

The flowers of Narcissus are nailed to the underworld door

Hades has the medicine

That he keeps down on the floor

And it's sundown in the sinkhole

It's sunrise up on the hill

The thieves are sleeping in Hades' palm

And they're keeping very still

It's summer in winter haven

And the earth, she's caving in

There's no water on the land

All because of sin