Lyrics - Atlantis by Donovan

The continent of
Atlantis was an island which lay before the great floodin the area we now call the
Atlantic
Ocean.
So great an area of land, that from her western shoresthose beautiful sailors journeyed to the
South and the
North
Americas with ease,in their ships with painted sails.
To the
East
Africa was a neighbour, across a short strait of sea miles.
The great
Egyptian age is but a remnant of
The
Atlantian culture.
The antediluvian kings colonised the world
All the
Gods who play in the mythological dramas
In all legends from all lands were from fair
Atlantis.
Knowing her fate,
Atlantis sent out ships to all corners of the
Earth.
On board were the
Twelve:
The poet, the physician, the farmer, the scientist,
The magician and the other so-called
Gods of our legends.
Though
Gods they were -
And as the elders of our time choose to remain blind
Let us rejoice and let us sing and dance and ring in the new
Hail
Atlantis!
Way down below the ocean where
I wanna be she may be,
Way down below the ocean where
I wanna be she may be,
Way down below the ocean where
I wanna be she may be.
Way down below the ocean where
I wanna be she may be,
Way down below the ocean where
I wanna be she may be.
My antediluvian baby, oh yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah,
I wanna see you some day
My antediluvian baby, oh yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah,
My antediluvian baby,
My antediluvian baby,
I love you, girl,
Girl,
I wanna see you some day.
My antediluvian baby, oh yeah
I wanna see you some day, oh
My antediluvian baby.
My antediluvian baby,
I wanna see you
My antediluvian baby, gotta tell me where she gone
I wanna see you some day
Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, oh yeah
Oh glub glub, down down, yeah
My antediluvian baby, oh yeah yeah yeah yeah

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