THE IN THE MAP
Music, Russell Ferrante/Lyrics, Lorraine
below the Equator, Beneath a sun Waits a paradise And oblivion, Or so they our hero, In 1925, As he went back to the That ate so alive.
It starts as a trickle in the and snow, With than an America still to go. into the sea, Wide as New City. Passable only in the of the heat, In the it rises 40 feet. The green hell is a trap, So fall down The in the map.
Youd bet a forest would feed you, You lose that bet. You you learned about fortitude As a cadet! The pranks, the floggings, bliss compared to this, As you hack the lianas hanging boas hiss.
There are bugs thatll kill you with a bite, your cotton britches to threads in a night, Homicidal gnats no than seeds, millipedes. Still you you love it and you wont be swayed Though you never are unafraid. Hits heart like a thunderclap, So dont fall The in the map
in the comfort of Devon, You sweeten your tea and Free now to till eleven, And watch the old go by. You at your civilized heaven, And say at last, youll stay, But close by the The waits To quietly you away. you away,
to the river. Its only in the worst of the heat, In the it rises 40 feet. The hell is a heady trap. Dont .
are bugs thatll kill you with a single bite, Turn cotton britches to threads in a night, gnats no bigger than seeds, millipedes.