THE NIGHT THE LIGHTS WENT OUT AT CONCAVE
Mark Kinney  12 August 2001
to the tune of "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia" (Bobby Russell)

I headed down to Park City
Finally the last weekend of February
To the Park Mammoth for that relaxacon
All my friends they said hello
One of the main reasons that I'd go
To Concave, to remember good times past and gone
Little did any of us know
The storm front swept in fast and low
Thunder and lighting and tornadoes ravaged the land
We all realized without a doubt
On Saturday night when the lights went out
It'd be a con to make me glad I'm a fan

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That's the night that the lights went out at Concave
That's the night we had a hell of a bash
That's why I go to this back woods southern con
Fun and friends even if the electric grid's smashed

We all wandered and we hit the pool
In emergency lights we thought it cool
Several people swimming in barely a stitch
'Cause the dark brings down some inhibitions
Along with the innebriations
Then we thought to wander the forest dark as pitch
We marched off to the tilt house site
Trudging through the woods as the lightning'd strike
I guess wearing that old tin hat wasn't so smart
But I endured with nary a spark
To that refugee from an amusement park
In puddles of water and mud, see now I lost my heart

Tried to go back along the railroad tracks
Wound up taking the long way back
All my friends took my coat and asked me "Why'd you do it?"
I was sick of sinking in the mud for miles
So I looked at them with a great big smile
And said "You wanted to stay but I said 'Screw it!'"

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We all hit the road next day
Took a long time because the highway
Was flooded here and there, and Dixie Highway was blocked
And the tornadoes caused somber contemplation
But in future years brought that slight temptation
To convince Ray to go play with the fusebox

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