Willow Tree

[Intro ]
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There's bones in my garden, 
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I hear them crying from the dirt, 
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Their sordid little story, 
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Unholy kind of hurt. 
 

 
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Well I'm a sitting in my kitchen, 
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Hear them  howlin at the moon, 
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   Just may lose my mind, 
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They don't quiet down soon. 
 

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Pretty Polly's William, 
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Wasn't much a mate, 
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Polly followed till the end, 
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And suffered such a fate. 
 

 
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When I saw the bloody knife, 
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I knew that we must part, 
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He wouldn't let me go, 
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So I stabbed him in the heart.  


Instrumental: 
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The shadows dance and flicker, 
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I'm guided by the moon, 
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Beneath the willow tree, 
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He'll be sleeping soon. 
 

 
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Well the bones say not a word, 
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As I place them in the ground, 
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Whiskey burns my throat, 
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As I slowly drink it down. 
 

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The reaper man come calling, 
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Come calling in the night, 
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Calling to collect, 
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Before the morning light. 
 

 
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Well I opened up the door, 
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And let the man right in, 
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He greets me with a smile, 
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And a knowing kinda grin. 
 

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Now there's bones in my garden, 
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I hear them crying from the dirt, 
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Their sordid little story, 
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I just may lose my mind. 
 

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