The Time of Man
by Travis Edmonson (1961) [performed by Travis and Bud (Oliver
Dashiell), The Limeliters, and others]
Once there were trees and a river,
Once there was grass where you stand;
Once there were songs about rights instead of wrongs,
Once was the time of man.
We heard the drumming like thunder;
We saw the cloud rise at dawn.
Then came the rain, while we watched and prayed in vain;
Then all was still, all was gone.
Once there were trees and a river,
Once there was grass where you stand;
Once there were songs about rights instead of wrongs,
Once was the time of man.
Grass doesn't grow on the hillside;
The trees shrink and die in the sun.
There's no place to hide my little baby's eyes,
From the damage that the dead have done.
Once there were trees and a river,
Once there was grass where you stand;
Once there were songs about rights instead of wrongs,
Once was the time of man.
They didn't know in the old time,
The earth and the seas were to share;
They didn't know in the old times,
Or care.
Once there were trees and a river,
Once there was grass where you stand;
Once there were songs about rights instead of wrongs,
Once was the time of man.
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