| The old woman finally caught me
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| Sneakin' 'round her cave
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| Her hair looked just like barbwire, boys
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| And her smile just like the grave
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| She asked me could I stay awhile
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| I said I’d better go
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| She slid her arm around my neck
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| And sweetly whispered no
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| It’s cold and dark and lonely here
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| As soon enough you’ll see
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| I’m oh so glad you stumbled in
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| I’ve been cravin' company
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| I cannot stay too long you know
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| I left some friends at home
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| Don’t you fret about your friends
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| Down here we’re all alone
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| What about my mother
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| I can’t just leave her there to mourn
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| You don’t have to think about her
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| Just forget you were ever born
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| I’ll disappoint my father
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| You know he worked so hard for me
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| If you have to pay your father back
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| Just send him some misery
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| I’ll miss, I said, a girl I know
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| I can’t just leave there to pine
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| She’s still got plenty of men to go
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| I’m sure she’ll do just fine
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| What about my little boy
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| She said, he’s just like you
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| Let a few short years roll by
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| He’ll end up down here too
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| Then her pale green eyes began to glow
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| She placed her hand on mine
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| She smiled and said don’t worry
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| You’ll get used to me in time
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| As her cold tongue flickered toward
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| I spun myself around
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| Made a dive for the passageway
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| But the walls come crashing down
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| Now her eyes were the only light
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| My fevered brain could see
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| But I tore myself away from them
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| And fell down to my knees
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| I’ve come too far, I can’t get back
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| I beseeched the Gods of men
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| Fame and fortune just laughed at me
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| Then silence once again
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| A whisper deep within
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| Embrace the God of Love
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| I lifted my face and through the tears
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| I saw light fall from above
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| I hurled myself into the wall
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| I ripped and clawed my way
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| Through the stinkin', clingin' loam
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| Back to the light of day
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| I crawled out into the wind again
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| The sky upon my face
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| I heard the earth sigh patiently
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| As it slid back into place
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| Now I’m back among the ones I love
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| I’m loved by them in turn
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| And it’s only on the darkest night
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| That green eyed memory burns
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| So walk my friends, in the light of day
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| Don’t go sneakin' 'round no holes
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| There justmight be something down there
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| Wants to gobble up your soul |