I came to town to search for gold 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 hanging tree your dreams of love that could never be
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Hang your faded dreams on the hanging tree (the hanging tree)
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I searched for gold and I found my gold 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 hanging tree I'd left my heart with a memory
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And a faded dream on that hanging tree (the hanging tree)
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Now there were men who craved my gold 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 hanging tree to join my dreams and a memory
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Yes they carried me to the hanging tree (the hanging tree)
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To really live you must almost die 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 hanging tree I walked away from the hanging 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 hanging tree was a tree of life a new life for me
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A tree of hope new hope for me a tree of love new love for me
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The hanging tree the hanging tree the hanging tree
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Hanging Tree
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| Marty Robbins |
