I came to town to search for gold
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And I brought with me a memory
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And I seem to hear the night wind cry,
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"Go hang your dreams on the hangin' tree
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Your dreams of love that could never be
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Hang your faded dreams on the hangin' tree!"
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I searched tor gold and I found my gold
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And I found a girl who loved just me
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And I wished that I could love her too
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But I'd left my heart on the hangin' tree
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I'd left my heart with a memory
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And a faded dream on the hangin' tree.
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Now there were men who craved my gold
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And meant to take my gold from me
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When a man is gone he needs no gold
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So they carried me to the hangin' tree
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To join my dreams and a memory
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Yes they carried me to the hangin' tree.
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To really live you must almost die
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And it happened just that way with me
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They took the gold and set me free
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And I walked away from the hangin' tree
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I walked away from the hangin' tree
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And my own true love, she walked with me!
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That's when I knew that the hangin' tree
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Was a tree of life, new life for me
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A tree of hope, new hope for me
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A tree of love, new love tor me
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The hangin' tree, the hangin' tree, the hangin' tree!
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The Hanging Tree
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| Marty Robbins |
