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I studied evil, |
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I can't deny, |
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Was a hoodoo charm called a Love Me or Die, |
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Some fingernail, a piece of her dress, |
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Apocathery, Devil's behes' |
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I will relate, the piteous consequence my mistake, |
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Fallin slave to passin desire, |
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Makin' the dreaded Love me or Die. |
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Against a Jungle primeval green, |
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She had the looks of a beauty queen |
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No bangles or chain, wearin' broken shoe |
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Seventy-five cent bottle perfume. |
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I said, "Good mornin", I tipped my hat, |
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All the while I was cunning like a rat, |
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Smilin gaily, looked her in the eye, |
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I felt in pocket, the Love me or Die |
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My past history, one to behold, |
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I studied magic from days of old, |
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Membership, secret societies, |
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Power and wealth in my family |
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But Matilda, Darling, |
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Why you don't take my wedding ring, |
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Like a demon under the floor, |
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I buried the hoodoo down the back door. |
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Lawd, word broke through the town, |
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That a fever strike Matilda down, |
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Nine thirty, the doctor arrive, |
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Priest come runnin, quarter to five. |
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Standin in the weeds early next day, |
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I saw the meat wagon rollin away, |
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I seen Matilda layin in the back, |
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Her old mother wearin a suit of black |
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Sound the trumpet, and bang the drum, |
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I wait for me judgement to come, |
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I know her spirit is down beneath, |
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I hear the weepin and gnashing of the teeth. |
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Flames of Hell licks at my feet, |
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In the shadow of the Jungle I feel the heat, |
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Matilda's waiting in Hell for me too, |
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All cause she died from a bad hoodoo. |