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(Music by Hank Shermann Lyrics by
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King Diamond)
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Do you remember the bridge?
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The bridge that was standing in ruin
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Do you remember the sign?
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Demons and witches were doing
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They say it's a bad place
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They say it's a magic place
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Deep down under
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The soil of this unholy land
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Deep down under
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The roots of a tree they have damned
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It's the Old Oak Hanging Tree
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It's the Old Oak Hanging Tree
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Solo: Shermann
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Nothing will grow in the ground
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The Old Oak is killing it all
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If you are ever around
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Beware of the Oak and its charm
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It's the Old Oak Hanging Tree
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It's the Old Oak Hanging Tree
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The Old Oak might make you blind
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The Old Oak might trick your eyes
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Hypnotized.....
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It's a bad sign
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When the Autumn comes and the leaves
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are gone
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Oh it's a bad sign
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The Oak must feed in order to breed
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Bad sign....... Bad sign
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It's a bad sign when the Autumn comes
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And the leaves are gone
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It's a nightmare found
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I wonder... what made this magic tree so
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Solo: Shermann
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Solo: Denner
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Hang with me, hang with the hangman
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Another season in another century
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Hang with me, hang with the hangman
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Blood from the madmen we hung in that
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tree
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Blood to the ground
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Blood to the roots.... Red
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All around the Old Oak
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Deep into the ground they buried them
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Indians of ancient times
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Saw it as a holy shrine
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Can you believe, sacrificing their own
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Must have been a mighty GOD
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To receive a gift of life
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All the people must have known
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Happiness would come if sown
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Can you believe, sacrificing their own
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Solo: Denner
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The Old Oak might make you blind
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The Old Oak might trick your eyes
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Hypnotized.....
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Solo: Shermann
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No! Don't hang with me
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As I go back to the Old Oak tree
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The Old Oak
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| King Diamond |
