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Blitzen Trapper
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It was just a little while past the sunset strip
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They found the girl's body in an open pit
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Her mouth was sewn shut, but her eyes were still wide
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Gazing through the fog to the other side
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They booked me on a whim and threw me deep in jail
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With no bail, sitting silent on a rusty pail
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Just gazing at the marks on the opposite wall
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Remembering the music of my lover's call
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So you make no mistake
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I know just what it takes
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To pull a man's soul back from heaven's gates
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I've been wandering in the dark about as long as sin
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But they say it's never too late to start again
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Oh when, oh when
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Will the spirit come a calling for my soul to sin
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Oh when, oh when
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Will the keys to the kingdom be mine again?
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It was dark as the grave, it was just about three
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When the warden with his key came to set me free
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They gave me five dollars and a secondhand suit
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A pistol and a hat and a worn out flute
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So I took a bus down to the Rio Grande
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And I shot a man down on the edge of town
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Then I stole me a horse and I rode it around
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Til the sheriff pulled me in and sat me down
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He said, you make no mistake
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I know just what it takes
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To pull a man's soul back from heaven's gates
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I've been wandering in the dark about as long as sin
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But they say it's never too late to start again
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Oh when, oh when
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Will the spirit come a calling for my soul to sin
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Oh when, oh when
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Will the keys to the kingdom be mine again?
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Well the sheriff let me go with a knife and a song
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So I took the first train up to Oregon
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And I killed the first man that I came upon
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Because the devil works quick, you know it don't take long
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Then I went to the river ford to take a swim
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You know that black river water is as black as sin
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And I washed myself clean as a newborn babe
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And then I picked up a rock for to sharpen my blade
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Oh when, oh when
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Will the spirit come a calling for my soul to sin
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Oh when, oh when
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Will the keys to the kingdom be mine again?
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Oh when, oh when
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Will that black river water wash me clean again
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Oh when, oh when
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Will thee keys to the kingdom be mine again
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