NUMENOR, GOODBYE
to the tune of AMERICAN PIE, performed by Don McLean
(As sung by Elendil and Isildur, first kings of the Faithful in Exile)

Saturday, January 8, 2000 by William H. Hsu

ELENDIL:
A long, long time ago
On an island in the West
The royal house was in decline
So my pa sailed off for Aman
To see if our last chance was gone
To show the Valar we would walk the line

But Amandil did not return
Of his fate we never learned
And dad's old pal the king
Was fearful of death's sting
With human sacrifices rank
Oh, how the Meneltarma stank
The horrors left all our minds blank
The year our homeland sank
So...

FIRST CHORUS:
Ai, ai, Numenor, goodbye
Now for all time you are fallen, to the East will we fly
To Middle-earth will we sail by-and-by
Singin' "far beneath the waves do you lie"
Yes, far beneath the waves do you lie

Do you still respect the Ban
The Valar put on the Westlands
As the Eldar told us to?
And did you see my elder son
Pick off the White Tree's fruit and run?
A deed we're lucky that he chose to do

Well, we knew that Andor was doomed
As lightning flashed and thunder boomed
And Sauron sat and laughed
I hope Eru fried his ass!
Ar-Pharazon landed his boat
A rockslide buried that old goat
But we kept our nine ships afloat
The day our homeland sank
We were singin'

(FIRST CHORUS)

ISILDUR:
A century now we've been on our own
In exile here all our realms have grown
But that's not how it used to be
When the Numenorean kings and queens
Dwelt ever west through fields of green
Armenelos they all came back to see
But now we're stuck here feeling sad
With Elrond and King Gil-galad
To Mordor we'll all ride
Even if it's suicide!
Our mighty host of Elves and Men
Has Sauron cornered in his den
For vengeance we've all got a yen
Oh, since our homeland sank

SECOND CHORUS:
Ai, ai, Numenor, goodbye
Now for all time you are fallen, in the East will we die
Forevermore on Atalante we'll cry
Singin' "far beneath the waves do you lie"
Yes, far beneath the waves do you lie

Oh, and there we were gathered before
The awful walls of Barad-Dur
For seven years that's where we stayed
Though Sauron tried to break the siege
We stood by our lord and liege
But still, he nearly blew us all away
And in the end Gil-galad fell
My brother and my dad as well
The good guys were all croakin'
And Narsil, it was broken
The plain of Gorgoroth was filled
With blood that Sauron's hand had spilled
I claimed this ring as my weregild
And to Gondor I rode
And I was singing...

(SECOND CHORUS)

(REPEAT SECOND CHORUS)