Diamonds into Stone

SOUND: GENTLE WAVES

CHORUS

Are we listening to the rising tide

painted with prog-ress, you decide

when you're left standing on a concrete beach

once filled with beauty, now out of reach

I hope you'll remember what you've always known

That only man can turn diamonds into stone

VERSE 1

Harmony clangs from a sounding buoy

Sea oats sway, dance in the dunes

All a part of this peaceful story

Sea turtles crawl under the moon

Prog-ress snarled, a greedy sound

soon natures tune was hushed and dim

and barely heard as construction found

another spot to level, and start again

The island, once the pride of the Carolina shore

begs for mercy, pleads "no more"

But greed, you know is a powerful pull

that robs the land, once lush and full

CHORUS

Are we listening to the rising tide

painted with prog-ress, you decide

when you're left standing on a concrete beach

once filled with beauty, now out of reach

I hope you'll remember what you've always known

That only man can turn diamonds into stone

BRIDGE

This town once hummed with postcard vibe

a shining gem unbound, alive

cradled neath the umbrella of Carolina blue

Now watch it fade, as time marches through

BRIDGE

All it asked

was the simple courtesy

of patience and respect.

File that request

under Neglect.