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Well, they call me William the Pleaser |
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I sold opium, fireworks and lead |
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Now I'm telling my troubles to strangers |
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When the shadows get long I'll be dead |
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Now, her hair was as black as a bucket of tar |
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Her skin as white as a cuttlefish bone |
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I left Texas to follow Lucinda |
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Now I'll never see heaven or home |
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I made a wish on a sliver of moonlight |
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A sly grin and a bowl full of stars |
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Like a kid who captures a firefly |
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And leaves it only to die in the jar |
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As I kick at the clouds at my hanging |
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As I swing out over the crowd |
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I will search every face for Lucinda's |
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And she will go off with me down to hell |
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I thought I'd broke loose of Lucinda |
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The rain returned and so did the wind |
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I cast this burden on the god that's within me |
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And I'll leave this old world and go free |
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The devil dances inside empty pockets |
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But she never wanted money or pearls |
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No, that wasn't enough for Lucinda |
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She wasn't that kind of girl |
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Now I've fallen from grace for Lucinda |
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Whoever thought that hell be'd so low |
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I did well for an old tin can sailor |
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But she wanted the bell in my soul |
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I've spoken the god on the mountain |
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And I've swam in the Irish sea |
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I ate fire and drank from the Ganges |
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And I'll beg there for mercy for me |
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I thought I'd broke loose from Lucinda |
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The rain returned and so did the wind |
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I was standing outside the Whitehorse |
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Oh but I was afraid to go in |
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I heard someone pull the trigger |
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Her breasts heaved in the moonlight again |
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There was a smear of gold in the window |
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And then I was the jewel of her sin |
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They call me William the Pleaser |
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I sold opium, fireworks and lead |
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Now I'm telling my troubles to strangers |
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When the shadows get long I'll be dead |
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Now her hair was a black as a bucket of tar |
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Skin as white as a cuttlefish bone |
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I left Texas to follow Lucinda |
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I know I'll never see heaven or home |
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I know I'll never see heaven or home |
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I know I'll never see heaven or home |
