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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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It was one summer night
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With my lover and I
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Taking an evening stroll
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Stars were bright and the firefly light
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Lit a path to the barnyard door
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We sat there for hours, hand in hand
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Talking about what a girl dreams of
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And I knew in my heart
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That we'd never part
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He'd be the only man I ever loved
[Verse 2]
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There we were, in loving embrace
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His lips so soft on mine
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But he wanted more as we fell to the floor
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And I gave him this heart of mine
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Thе night air was thick
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So warm and so still
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Till the sound of the whippoorwille camе
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It was then that I heard those horrible words
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As he uttered my best friend's name
[Verse 3]
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What happened next
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Well it happened so fast
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As I reached for the closest thing near
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And my heart, how it raced
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As I saw in his face, nothing but confusion and fear
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It was a hammer of rust, that ended his lust
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And he fell to the floor with such ease
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So I tied him to the stable
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To finish him later
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As I listened to his desperate pleas
[Verse 4]
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Well I hit him again
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So hard on his head
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I knew he'd be out for a while
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So I left for her home
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And I found her alone
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And she greeted me with a smile
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Well I pulled her down, straight to the ground
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It was there that she told me everything
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Oh my anger grew, as I knew what to do
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Into the barnyard she followed me
[Verse 5]
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It must've been her cries that opened his eyes
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As he realised it wasn't a dream
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It was that one final blow
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With her breath still slow
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She didn't have time to scream
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Then I stared in his eyes
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As I thought of his lies
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Of how I was his only one
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I said I'm nobody's fool
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And I thought that you knew
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And I went for my father’s gun
[Verse 6]
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Now it was dawn
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When I finished him off
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When I heard the rooster's first crow
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And I should have known
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That the sound of that blow
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Would awaken the neighbours next door
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Well I tried to run
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Beneath that bright morning sun
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But they caught me ‘bout a mile away
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And they took me downtown
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With the bars all around
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And I waited for my judgement day
[Verse 7]
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Well there on the stand
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The Bible beneath my hand
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I told them the same sad story
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I thought they must know
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How he hurt me so
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He deceived his one and only
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Well I guess they could see
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As they never agreed
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That prison was right for me
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And now here instead
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Tied to a bed
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With other girls
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Just like me
[Outro]
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Now years have gone by
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But I never cried
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Or mourn for those days of old
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Cause I knew it was right
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What I did on that night
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But I'll stay here as long as I'm told
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But the drugs I take
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They seem to make
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Every thing to remember so hard
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But I'll never forget
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I'd never regret
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Me and my love in the barnyard
