Lithuania Lyrics

My story starts with a letter I read

From my great uncle Pavilas and this is what it said, he said

Come to your homeland, the place you've never seen

You'll find the birds here sing and the grass is green

We have bells in steeples and the people all believe

If you come to Lithuania, you will never want to leave

So I decided that my father and I

Would set a course east and take to the sky

But when the day came and our plane landed down

We saw none of the things that Pavilas had told us of the town

We saw run down houses, gravel pits

Abandoned Cars not worth a shit.

Children building castles of dust

Near playgrounds left brittle by rust

You've never seen such dilapidation

As the place where they shared their recreation

And I've never bought the American Dream

Until the day I saw the things that I have seen

After half a day drive, our feet met the ground

Of the place where Pavilas never left town

We met our relatives and we helped them drink their wine

Surprised to find a family much happier than mine

They laughed and smiled about the things they'd never need

By the end, I pitied them less than they pitied me

When the time came to leave, my father and I

Packed the car tight with gifts and said our goodbyes

As the car drove off, I heard church bells ring

I saw the grass was green and I heard the birds begin to sing

I heard the birds begin to sing

I heard the birds begin to sing

Come to your homeland, the place you've never seen

You'll find the birds here sing and the grass is green

We have bells in steeples and the people all believe

If you come to Lithuania, you will never want to leave