(Moorcock)
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Now begins the tale of Elric
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proud prince of ruins
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who bore The Black Sword...
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Here is the Chronicle of that albino lord
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Who came to be called The White Wolf
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Who was called The Kinslayer
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Who was called Womanslayer
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Who was doomed to be torn
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between Chaos and Law
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Who was born to be the pawn
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of the Cosmic Balance
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Who was at once, more his own master
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than any who had lived before
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And was at the same time slave
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to bloodshed, cruelty, and war
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Listen, listen now....
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Listen to the tale of how
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the White Wolf came by his Weird
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Listen to how Elric earned
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The Bane of The Black Sword
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Elric of Melnibone
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The Sailor on the Seas of Fate
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Elric
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Who battled to bring about the End Of Time
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Elric
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Who bore the sentient sword Stormbringer
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And who killed the only two mortal women he ever loved
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This is his sad, his terrible
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Aye, and his heroic Saga
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The Saga men call
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The Chronicle of The Black Sword.....
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The Chronicle Of The Black Sword
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Hawkwind |