Cyanide Lake
Had this dream, kept me awake
Saw this arm rise up and take
A white guitar flung high and far
Over Cyanide Lake
Church of Anthrax, northern side
Wind blew soft and the reeds cried
Her arm came out and we went quiet
At Cyanide Lake
Karen, Lindsay, Carmen, Julie
And many others stood by me
Saw the guitar taken by that arm
From Cyanide Lake
Yellow dumps eastern side
When it rained they wept cyanide
So we jammed, but we never swam
In Cyanide Lake
Dark down there, dead and cold
Where a goddess stands and in her hold
Your sacrifice to rock and roll
And Cyanide Lake
All the old folk took us aside
Said 'Drink that water and you'll die'
All we knew it sparkled cobalt blue
Did Cyanide Lake
So this dream is about you
We hung there when there was nothing to do
Little did we know what lurked below
Cyanide Lake
That pale goddess of rock and roll
Will reach up and snatch our souls -
Had this dream kept me awake,
Cyanide Lake
Radio Rats 2013 Handley Davies Parkin Dickson
Murray Park, Springs
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