Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Ivy League Blues , by - Phineas Newborn. Release date: 02.03.2011
Song language: English
Ivy League Blues |
| I saw new England fall in the autumn |
| Professing themselves wise |
| They learned to be fools |
| I saw the picture-postcards and the majesty |
| And it died |
| If ever there was a key |
| To wisdom and knowledge |
| It is the cornerstone rejected by the world |
| If ever was a people so removed from absolutes |
| Absolutely |
| I heard the depth and height of information |
| Served on steaming tables of speculation |
| I understood the rite of education |
| For the sake of the elite |
| If ever there was a reason |
| It was love |
| If ever any person personified that love |
| It was Jesus |
| I heard the shot heard 'round the campus |
| It was the deification of humanity |
| One that had ceased to be human |
| One who pretended to be God |
| And I recalled another ruler |
| In the autumn of another time and place |
| He refused to give God the glory |
| And like dying leaves |
| In a cold cold land |
| Eaten up and died |