Well if both of these horses just a lay up and die,
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He thinks to himself as he stares into the sun.
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His companion's been bleedin' and is weepin' to himself,
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Thinking oh my sweet sue,
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I won't be a comin' home now.
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As them train tracks keep runnin' up that ever gentle slope,
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Margaret Anne hangs her head,
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And just keeps wondering what's good.
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Her companions been bleedin' and is weepin' to himself
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Thinking oh my sweet sue,
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I won't be a comin' home now.
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That day that the rain came and just rose the flag of war,
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Mother Jones lays in bed, his children lyin' on the floor.
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And she got by, standin' in the churchyard singing hallelujah,
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Sweepin' out the bats from the bells of her voice.
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Who is she?
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I am the river and I will take you to the see.
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And we got by,
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Floating, in the water singing, hallelujah,
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Waiting, on the lord,
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To bring us back home.
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You left us too soon,
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And I, I know what you'll do.
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Someone knocks in the back at the door.
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Oh, Why'd you come?
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Were you lookin' for more?
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Don't speak.
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Then the sharp steel rattle of your head on the floor.
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Oh, it got lost in the sound of the war.
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Don't stay.
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Someone knocks in the back at the door.
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Oh, Why'd you come?
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Were you lookin' for more?
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Don't speak.
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Then the sharp steel rattle of your head on the floor.
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Oh, it got lost in the sound of the war.
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Don't leave.
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And, oh, you left us too soon.
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Now there's two men ridin' up,
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Both wonderin' who is he.
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One says sir, I've observed you ridin' up behind'a me.
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Now them children hear em headed up around the bend,
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Crying, Ma, best come on, here come our fathers back to bed.
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Behold The River
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The Snake The Cross The Crown |