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Was it bitter then with our backs against the wall? |
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Were we better men than we'd ever been before? |
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Say, if she came again today, would you still answer to the call? |
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Tell the truth, my friend, don't it matter anymore? |
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We were simple men by her side when she was born |
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It was simple then like the freedom when you fall |
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And we were smaller then, you see, but soon we gathered like a storm. |
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They don't understand what that thunder meant at all. |
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Was he crucified? was he done in by the lawman? |
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Are you satisfied that he'll never ride again? |
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Some people say he got away; they say he never died at all. |
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If that story's true, does it bother you, my friend? |
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Was it bitter then, with our backs against the wall? |
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Were we better men than we'd ever been before? |
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Say, if she came again today, would you still answer to the call? |
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Tell the truth, my friend, don't it matter anymore? |