Sacred Mound (like Barney Miller)
words and music Stephen Barling
(except the Barney Miller bridge lifted from the 1970's sitcom.)

Fifteen Nickels in the fountain
Fatima's eye up on the sill
No it ain't no lonely mountain
It's just an ornery hill

Four out of five still recommend it
Shake like Shiva spinning free
And dance on air in time suspended
Like it's your destiny

Take the boxcars down
to that sacred mound
where the drummers pound
and the people shimmy

No whammies

All alone and unprotected
Sixteen saviors on the hill
With Krishna's chords now resurrected
Much to the maiden's thrill

Hand in hand all come together
Eye to eye all state their will
And bye and bye all reach their measure
Unto Fatima's fill

Take the boxcars down
to that sacred mound
where the drummers pound
and the people shimmer

Like Barney Miller

Moneychangers in the temple
Jehovah's eye now roamin' free
The loudest prayer ain't always simple
Or in harmony

So thank the world we're all together
And praise the world we're all the same
With our universal center
We bear the planet's name

Take the boxcars down
to that sacred mound
where the drummers pound
and the people shimmer

We got a winner

© 2005 GNILSONGS

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