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Ever hear the sound of a death row chorus? |
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ever see the look of a wolfman prowling the steps? |
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in this deep freeze bunker they store us |
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send away the priest, 'cause they're ain't nothing more to confess |
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She had the innocent eyes of a Renoir lady |
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clutched her black book like an angel nursing a child |
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"It's a quarter to midnight here, baby |
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if you're gonna stare, do it while I'm sleeping" |
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But her eyes, they shone of an innocent way... |
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in her eyes, we glimpsed of an innocent way... |
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and in the days that followed we were under a spell |
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why's the girl visiting a prison cell? |
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Innocence, innocence, |
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innocence lost |
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all souls want it back |
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some uncover the cost |
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innocence, innocence lost |
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break free, look at me |
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is your innocence lost? |
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He'd seen things that a man don't mention |
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sunk into his eyes was a weariness nothing could heal |
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"Don't tell me 'bout your cheap salvation |
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what's a man do when he don't feel nothing?" |
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But her eyes, they shone of an innocent way... |
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She said, "Beyond these bars there are things you can't see" |
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He spoke slowly |
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"Ain't no pardon for me" |
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Innocence, innocence, |
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innocence lost |
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all souls want it back |
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some uncover the cost |
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innocence, innocence lost |
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she said, "Look at me, |
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don't you, don't you lose your innocence |
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don't lose your innocence" |
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he said, "God's own angels couldn't give me hope |
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when you leave me hanging, just leave me enough rope" |
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But her eyes he glimpsed of an innocent way... |
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And on the eve of destruction they were shining the chair |
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outside vigils, inside men were sobbing |
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as she kissed his forehead when the morning had dawned |
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he said softly to her, "I'll see you beyond" |