The Day the Sky Fell

The day the sky fell

we were all at the bar

and the air had a smell,

like a wet, stale cigar.

There were stories to tell

and someone played a guitar

and outside the sky fell

and we got drunk at the bar.

The day the sky fell

you were miles away

and I thought that was swell

in a mean kind of way.

To you, a farewell,

and in hell I hope you stay

since when the sky fell

you were so far away.

The day the sky fell

I held his hand tight.

I was under his spell,

and liked it quite right.

From my toes to my cells

his touch could excite,

so as the sky fell,

he held my hand tight.

The day the sky fell

there was calm and quiet

and all was well,

no cause to riot.

Humanity expelled,

expunged, and silenced.

The night the sky fell

there was nothing but quiet.

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 "Thank you for being with us on this Day Two of the federal government shut down and - surprise, surprise - we're all still here. The sky didn't fall and even if it had we wouldn't know because NASA is shut down too." - Stephen Colbert The Colbert Report (Wednesday, October 2, 2013)

"Oh, what a joy to be free." Kevin Devine All of Everything, Erased