Ancient Towers

Marty Willson-Piper / Jed Bonniwell

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Lyrics

If there was a time in the days before my mind
If there was a wave singing in a cave
Silence rings from every mountaintop
Echoes fill with the valleys below

The ancient towers

Call me on the line I will give you time
Who invented gold deep beneath the cold?
Echoing church bells to the marketplace
Mexican skulls for the Day of the Dead

As she slept the Virgin Mary
Floated into view and then she
Glowed with summer clicking her red shoes
In the sky the ancient ladies
Told her what to do and then she
Went upstairs and floated to the moon

The ancient towers

Hills are calling from the rooftops and
Church bells chiming in mountains below
Ancient cities with hidden passageways
Desert lines glowing spacemen and snow

The ancient towers

Can I take you there, to the ancient fair?