The Yard Went On Forever

Is everybody safe?

Has everybody got a place to hide?

Is everybody warm inside?



Hear them singing

All the women of Pompeii

Standing with the Kansas City housewives in doorways

In volcanoes and tornadoes on doomsday



De profundis clamavi ad te Domine

Donae nobis pacem

(5 times)

[Out of the deep have I cried to you, Lord

Grant us peace.]



There were houses, there were hoses

There were sprinklers on the lawn

There was an ironing board

And she would stand and made her understand him

And ask the children what they'd done at school that day

And the yard went on forever



There were blouses with print roses, checkered shirts and white levis

There was a frying pan and she would cook their dreams while they were dreaming

And later she would send them out to play

And the yard went on forever



Is everybody safe?

Has everybody got a place to hide?

Is everybody warm inside?



Hear them singing

All the women of Pompeii

Standing with the Nagasaki housewives in doorways

In eruptions and destructions on doomsday



De profundis clamavi ad te Domine

Donae nobis pacem

(4 times)