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It was just a little while past the sunset strip, |
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They found the girl's body in an open pit, |
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Her mouth was sewn shut, but her eyes were still wide, |
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Gazing through the fog to the other side, |
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They booked me on a whim and threw me deep in jail, |
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With no bail, sitting silent on a rusty pail, |
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Just gazing at the marks on the opposite wall, |
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Remembering the music of my lover's call, |
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So you make no mistake, |
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I know just what it takes, |
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To pull a man's soul back from heaven's gates, |
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I've been wandering in the dark about as long as sin, |
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But they say it's never too late to start again, |
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Oh when, oh when, |
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Will the spirit come a calling for my soul's sin, |
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Oh when, oh when, |
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Will the keys to the kingdom be mine again? |
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It was dark as the grave, it was just about three, |
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When the warden with his key came to set me free, |
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They gave me five dollars and a secondhand suit, |
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A pistol and a hat and a worn out flute, |
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So I took a bus down to the Rio Grande, |
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And I shot a man down on the edge of town, |
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Then I stole me a horse and I rode it around, |
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Til the sheriff pulled me in and sat me down, |
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He said, you make no mistake, |
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I know just what it takes, |
| [01:40.88] |
To pull a man's soul back from heaven's gates, |
| [01:43.69] |
I've been wandering in the dark about as long as sin, |
| [01:46.80] |
But they say it's never too late to start again, |
| [01:49.80] |
Oh when, oh when, |
| [01:52.83] |
Will the spirit come a calling for my soul to sin, |
| [01:55.89] |
Oh when, oh when, |
| [01:58.49] |
Will the keys to the kingdom be mine again? |
| [02:13.79] |
Well the sheriff let me go with a knife and a song, |
| [02:16.87] |
So I took the first train up to Oregon, |
| [02:19.69] |
And I killed the first man that I came upon, |
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Because the devil works quick, you know it don't take long, |
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Then I went to the river ford to take a swim, |
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You know that black river water is as black as sin, |
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And I washed myself clean as a newborn babe, |
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And then I picked up a rock for to sharpen my blade, |
| [02:38.98] |
Oh when, oh when, |
| [02:41.88] |
Will the spirit come a calling for my soul's sin, |
| [02:45.44] |
Oh when, oh when, |
| [02:47.87] |
Will the keys to the kingdom be mine again? |
| [02:50.70] |
Oh when, oh when, |
| [02:53.59] |
Will that black river water wash me clean again, |
| [02:56.73] |
Oh when, oh when, |
| [02:59.62] |
Will thee keys to the kingdom be mine again, |
