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Sunrise, I greet you, the beauty of your light |
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So warm and tender was never the night |
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In tears I see you, the last time it will be |
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So give me your blessing, I'll meet my destiny |
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No rest for the sinner |
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Hypnos refused me my sleep |
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This was the last night of my life |
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With wine, I pondered on my deeds |
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I drank to the devil with servants |
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It's good with a friend where you go |
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No one would share my last chalice |
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So I drink to the ones that I know |
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Ring brother, ring for me |
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Ring the bells of hope and faith |
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Ring for my damnation |
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I am at the gallows end |
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With sad emotions, I sing this epitaph |
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My swan song, my headstone, the farewell of my heart |
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The hills of Tyburn, up where the gallows stand |
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Only the vultures will come to see me hang |
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Behold the sight of my Golgatha |
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The gallows enlightened by the moon |
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Proud of his art are the carpenter |
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His creation a tool for my doom |
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I am the outcast no winner |
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I am the fallen the one |
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That lived all his life as a sinner |
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The tempter has called me his son |
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Soon it is time the dark has now fled |
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And I see the place for my death |
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The priest, he will pray for my lost soul |
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I'm sure he's wasting his time |
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A sinner, a fool or a devil |
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Or just a victim of life |
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It's no fun to burn in hell's fire |
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But I sure have enjoyed my life |
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Ring brother, ring for me |
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Ring the bells of hope and faith |
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Ring for my damnation |
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I am at the gallows end |