Hudson

Hudson died in Hudson Bay

The water took its victim's name

Now rivers rise toward riverside

To change their names again

(Choral humming)

A stranger walked in through the door

Said All apartments are pre-war

We laughed and asked him for his name

He stayed until the end

We watched the Germans play the Greeks

He mocked the ninety-nine-year lease

Our father signed which I declined

To try and comprehend

(Choral humming)

Over and over again are these never-ending visions

Over and over again like a prize that's changing hands

The time has come

The clock is such a drag

All you who change your stripes

Can wrap me in the flag

The legendary wooden gate

First established real-estate

Is lost to time like other crimes

That won this pleasant land

Over and over again are these never-ending visions

Over and over again like a prize that's changing hands

The time has come

The clock is such a drag

All you who change your stripes

Can wrap me in the flag

(Choral humming)

Hudson died in Hudson bay

But I was born on Sutton Place

The rising tide helped me decide

To change my name again

Some men tend to linger on

And some make haste from Babylon

And some will roam their ruined home

Rejoicing... To the end

Over and over again are these never-ending visions

Over and over again like a prize that's changing hands

The time has come

The clock is such a drag

All you who change your stripes

Can wrap me in the flag

The lines are drawn

The map is such a drag

All you who change your stripes

Can wrap me in the flag

(Choral humming)