(Music & Lyrics by King Diamond)
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The mansion was right on the shore
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Down by the lake
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Nobody had lived here before
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But the Devil himself
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Thirteen invitations
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Sent out through the night
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Thirteen invitations
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They would all arrive in time
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Solo: Shermann
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They gathered around the mansion
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Thirteen in all
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They had the same intention
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Never to fall
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Thirteen invitations
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Sent out through the night
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Thirteen invitations
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Promising eternal life
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So you want to be alive forevermore
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I will turn the wheel of time
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None of you will ever have to die
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I will turn the wheel of time
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Turning the wheel
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Turning the wheel of time
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But first we must play a game
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The game of souls
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Sit down! Don't move around!
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Deal those cards!
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They played all night 'till the morning
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light
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And the Devil, he smiled on his own
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They played all night for eternal life
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Or the chance of losing their souls
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High will win, low is the sin
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They played all night in the burning
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light
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The thirteen were sharing a nine
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High will win, low is the sin
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The final card was in the Devil's hand
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The King of Diamonds would win
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Solo: Denner
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Solo: Shermann
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They could never leave the mansion
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Forever inside
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They had lost their souls of creation
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But they were alive
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Thirteen invitations
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Sent out through the night
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Thirteen invitations
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And the mansion was mine
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Thirteen Invitations
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Mercyful Fate |