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[Verse 1]
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On the banks of the river where the willows hang down
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And the wild birds all warble with a low mourning sound
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Down in the hollow where the water runs cold
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It was there I first listened to the lies that you told


[Verse 2]
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Now I lie on my bed and I see your sweet face
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The past I remember time cannot erase
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A letter you wrote me it was written in shame
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And I know that your conscience still echoes my name


[Verse 3]
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Now the nights are so long, lord sorrow runs deep
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And nothing is worse than a night without sleep
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I walk out alone and look at the sky 
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Too empty to say, too lonesome to cry


[Verse 4]
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If the ladies were blackbirds and the ladies were thrushes
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I'd lie there for hours in the chilly cold marshes
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If the ladies were squirrels with a high bushy tail
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I'd fill up my shotgun with a rock salt and nails