LYRIC FOR SALE

By Anne Elder

One more thing might be all it takes
to bring this whole world crashing down.
If you can't learn by your mistakes
We'll be trapped forever in this one-horse town.

The camel's legs are shaking,
It's all about to go,
The next straw's going to break his back
and we're all going to know
that saturation point has passed,
the sponge is more than full,
there's no more room, the dice are cast
and the light is turning dull.

One more thing might be all it takes
to bring this whole world crashing down.
If you can't learn by your mistakes
We'll be trapped forever in this one-horse town.

The ship has started sinking,
the hold has sprung a leak,
too many boxes are packed in tight
and have made the structure weak.
The innards are just oozing out
and nothing's in its place.
Stability's gone, balance failed
and the contents gone to waste.

One more thing might be all it takes
to bring this whole world crashing down.
If you can't learn by your mistakes
We'll be trapped forever in this one-horse town.

I watch with trepidation,
the feather starts to fall,
it's all too much and I fear that now
we're going to lose it all.
We've taken all the liberties
that we can really take,
this one last thing could really be
your very last mistake.

One more thing might be all it takes
to bring this whole world crashing down.
If you can't learn by your mistakes
We'll be trapped forever in this one-horse town.
One more thing might be all it takes
to bring this whole world crashing down.
If you can't learn by your mistakes
We'll be trapped forever in this one-horse town.