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By morning light they came to take me away |
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Their banners swaying in the wind |
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Out in the rain they dragged me onto the castle yard |
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I could hear the mocking of the crowd |
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If only I could I would go back in time |
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Then I would undo what I've done |
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The priest gave me my last rites my final sip of wine |
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Right before my pending end |
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A growing fear of dying spreading in my soul |
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Hell or heaven be my guide |
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With a noose around my neck and with tears in my eyes |
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I repented the sins of my past |
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[Chorus:] |
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Down to the gallows at the end of a rope |
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I will die as a sinner I'm going |
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Down to the gallows where so many have died |
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By the hands of the hangman |
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They came down the mountains they came down the hills |
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To see me draw my final breath |
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Over the rivers over the moors |
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To see the madman laid to rest |
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If only I could I would go back in time |
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Then I would undo what I've done |
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[Repeat chorus] |
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The pilgrims riddle is so hard to solve |
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The answer determines your rise or your fall |
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Heaven or hell the riddle is for all |
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The devils dance in brimstone and fire |
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The angels sing a beckoning call |
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Heaven or hell the riddle is for all |
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With a noose around my neck and with tears in my eyes |
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I repented the sins of my past |
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[Repeat chorus] |