Barren Grove

As the sunshine sinks in the valley below
Where the seeds all sleep, but the trees don't grow
There's a crooked coachman who deals the cards
And he draws you near, when you've gone too far

You'll pass a gypsy who can't recall
The crack she kept in her crystal ball
She's singing softly a song of woe
And hitching a ride on down to barren grove
To barren grove

Well little boy lost, no he can't come back
Took his final dance with the lady in black
She held his hand then he rolled the dice
He spent the night with the woman in white

The jealous lover, the petty thief
The selfish child and the plastic priest
The guilty hang, yeah they come in droves
Their taking a one way trip though barren grove
Through barren grove
Through barren grove
Through barren grove

See the chain-gang kids with the pendulum grins
Going out of their minds, cause the doctors in
And the salesman pedals the medicine
While the patients wearing thin

Now they hold the jesters in high regard
While the furnace fills with the fallen stars
The primadonnas are on display
While the modest prophets are laid to waste
So listen close if you choose to side
With fools consumed by their foolish pride
The shepherds left them out in the cold
Where everyone's doing time in barren grove
In barren grove
In barren grove
In barren grove