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    Earth-That-Was

    Me in 2005 imagining what a folk singer traveling the Firefly ‘Verse might be singing… Words and music: Joseph AbbottBased on “Firefly” created by Joss Whedon She was beautiful and tatteredShe was innocent and wornAnd we knew she’d always be there, and we knew her time was nearShe was everything that matteredFrom the time that we were bornTo the time that we abandoned her to die CHORUS: And though we never saw herWe still shape them in her imageWe see her ghost, see everything it doesAnd though we never knew herWe still know that she was oursWe still dream of Earth-That-Was From Osiris out to PaquinFrom Greenleaf to New HallA…