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Atlantis

from Beyond Borders by Andrew McKnight

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I heard two friends of mine recounting the story of an elderly fellow from east Tennessee they’d heard telling about growing up in Old Butler, a place that now rests far beneath the surface of Lake Watauga. Later on that trip from a misty perch on the Blue Ridge Parkway looking at the mountains rising like islands from an ocean of fog, I thought I might have glimpsed the lost city.

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Words & music A. McKnight, ©2002 Catalooch Music, BMI

Verse 1
It is still along the Parkway, beyond the gate the road is closed
winter rain drips on the laurel, fog moves in like ghosts
in the valley below lies a cloud sea, that hides the lake, that hides my home
if you'd had me guess in my childhood, this is not how I dreamed life would go

Chorus
They say Moses raised his hands to part the Red Sea
But even Moses couldn't hold back TVA
From flooding our holler, for the Almighty Dollar
and sink our story far beneath the waves

Verse 2
Engineers said flood would take us, if we didn't build the dam to hold the rain,
but I've confusion swirling round their solutions, to me the end result seems the same
now trophy fish take refuge in the chapel, no sounds of children, hymns or wedding bells
and I wonder if the anglers high above can hear them, I don't think those echoes travel water well

Chorus

Verse 3
Newsman said they might have found Atlantis, shining city deep in ocean blue
I wonder if the natives of that fair town, ever had the chance to feel these things I do

Chorus

It is still along the Parkway, I am leaving on the wings of ghosts

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from Beyond Borders, released January 1, 2005
AM – vocals, guitar

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Nationally-acclaimed singer/songwriter and guitarist celebrates rural America, weaves masterfully crafted songs, humorous stories and poetic drama into a musical soundscape sketched with shades of Appalachia, tasteful slide and jazzy blues, feisty anthems, and rustic folk. 5 solo CDs heard on many public & community radio, plus NPR "Art of the Song" & "River City Folk" and XM/Sirius. ... more

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