Lyrics - Motorway To Damascus by Rentals

Daybreak on the motorway to
Damascus
A heavenly angel flagged me down andasked for a ride into town
For
God's sake, on the motorway to
Damascus
This heavenly angel, wise and pure,proceeded with a guided tour:"
Behold!
A shining city of silver grey and white,
Of solar-panelled rooftops glinting in the light
And wind-power generators turningsoundlessly through the night"
Mid-day on the motorway to
Damascus
The heavenly angel flapped its wings andtold me more exciting things
Like how one day this motorway to
Damascus
Would disappear without trace, theunsustainable replaced"
Behold!
The new
New
Forest in fourhundred shades of green
Stretching out before us where it alwaysshould have been
A botanical thesaurus for as far the eye can see"
Nightfall on the motorway to
Damascus
The heavenly angel looked at me and said"
Well, what's it gonna be?
The long haul, or the shorter way to
Damascus?
Choose with care and you will find that oneday there will come a time
When the silhouetted ruin of thecrumbling cooling towers
Are but ivy-clad reminders of along-forgotten power"
Must the monkeys leave
Gibraltar's rockand ravens flee the
Tower
Before we look and see ourselves for whatwe really are?

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