When the world was flatnBefore smoke filled the air, trees shadowed the landnWhen the world was flatnIn fire and rain, god spoke onto mannThere were no whalebone shipsnOr slaves below decknWhen the world was flatnnWhen the world was flatnNoah�s ark sailed on a dinosaur�s backnWhen the world was flatnThere were no broken bones or illness at allnOceans spilled across mapsnlike a tipped champagne glassnWhen the world was flatnnRound as a wrecking ballnChained to a cranenSwinging lead-heavy here to therenWith its nose in the airnIn a clumsy pirouettenMaking rubble of this and thatnNow all of the magic has gonenFrom blue bejeweled world that wasnnWhen the world was flatnEmpires crumbled, rose and changed handsnWhen the world was flatnMiles stretched farther across water and sandnMen were quite smallnOnly six inches tallnWhen the world was flatnnI met a man who walked the world�s edgenStood where the oceans poured into the blacknWhen I asked him whynHe replied back:nEveryone has a line in their pathnthat they can�t toe around or step past.nIt took years to find mine,nbut you�ll find yours in timenjust as I didnwhen the world was flat.