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The Yard Went On Forever Lyrics By Richard Harris

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    is everybody safe
    has everybody got a place to hide
    is everybody warm inside

    hear them singing
    all the women of pompeii
    standing with the kansas city housewives in doorways
    in volcanoes and tornadoes on doomsday

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    de profundis clamavi ad te domine
    donae nobis pacem
    5x

    there were houses there were hoses
    there were sprinklers on the lawn
    there was an ironing board
    and she would stand and made her understand him
    and ask the children what they’d done at school that day
    and the yard went on forever

    there were blouses with print roses checkered shirts and white levis
    there was a frying pan and she would cook their dreams while they were dreaming
    and later she would send them out to play
    and the yard went on forever

    background
    is everybody safe
    has everybody got a place to hide
    is everybody warm inside

    4
    hear them singing
    all the women of pompeii
    standing with the nagasaki housewives in doorways
    in eruptions and destructions on doomsday

    background
    de profundis clamavi ad te domine
    donae nobis pacem
    x4

    Artist: Richard Harris

    Year: 1968

    Decade: 60s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 105