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It was a rainy night and all the windows were tight |
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And there were thirteen people in the house |
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The owner and his wife, the butler and his wife |
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Cook with her knife, a couple named Smythe. |
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The Andersons were there with another strange pair |
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And the scary caretaker and me |
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The clock struck one, there was the sound of a gun |
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And I heard somebody run away. |
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And the twelve who were alive had terror in their eyes |
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And I overheard the Andersons say... |
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'Who could have done it ?' |
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'Who could have done it ?' |
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And I wonder where's the cook and her knife |
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'Madam' - said Adam with his wife by his side |
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'It was the shot we heard that took her life'. |
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The other couple named Sloan and I ran to the phone |
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To call the police but just then |
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All the power went out and we heard a great shout |
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And we knew for someone else it was the end. |
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And when the power came on, we were shocked with alarm |
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For instead of being twelve, we were ten. |
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Who could have done it? |
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Who could have done it? |
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The Andersons were such a nice pair. |
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Now the owner and his wife, both afraid for their life |
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So they hurried to the door to run away |
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But before they got there, there was a whistle through the air |
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Then another, then they both had passed away. |
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There were seven of us left now, afraid of death now |
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But I knew it wasn't me or the Sloans |
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'Cause when the power went out and we heard the others shout |
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We were out there in the hallway on the phone. |
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That left the butler and his wife and the couple named Smythe |
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And the old scary caretaker too |
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So the Sloans and I, who were both afraid to die |
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Had to think of something quick we could do. |
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So we called the Smythes and the butler and his wife |
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And we gathered in the drawing room |
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But before we could call for the caretaker too |
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It was too late for he had met his doom. |
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It looked like poison. |
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That left five, five, five were still alive |
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The Sloans, the Smythes and myself |
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Once again the lights went out and I heard a great shout |
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From both the Smythes and the Sloans. |
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And then the lights came on again and I looked around again |
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And everybody was dead and I was alone. |
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Well, I must have passed out for the next thing I knew |
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I was awakened with my hands in chains |
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There was a man with a gun and he said: 'Don't bother, son' |
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'You'll have plenty of time to explain'. |
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I was rushed to a car, then taken to a cell |
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And a lawyer came in and said his name |
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He said: 'I'm sure you told the truth but the truth is, my boy' |
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'To believe in the judge would be insane'. |
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'Now before I pass sentence on you, have you anything to say?' |
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I said: 'Are you kiddin'?' |
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I said: 'This must be a dream' - I said: 'This can't be real' |
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'You don't believe a word that I've said'. |
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And then he looked me in the eye and said: 'Have mercy on his soul' |
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And I was hanged by the neck until dead, have mercy. |
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Hey, wait a minute, hey, stop |
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Hey, would you mind rewinding that last sentence? |
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I mean, hanged by the what? |
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Until when? |
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Hey, listen, I think you made a little, I mean I think you made a large mistake here |
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First of all, I was in Colorado having breakfast with a nun, OK? |
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What do you mean? There's nothing to get hung up about |
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I mean, you should be in here |
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Hey, you ever heard of the word appeal? |
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Well, I'm about to appeal you off that bench in a minute unless you change that decision |
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Listen, I got a lot, I mean I had a lot of friends in this town |
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Hey, I want to see my congress man. |
