51 lines
1.4 KiB
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51 lines
1.4 KiB
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THE BALLAD OF CASEY DIESS
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TWAS A MAN OF YOUTHFUL FEATURES
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TWAS A BOY OF SORROWFUL EYES
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WATCHING OUT BUT LOOKING INWARDS
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TALL AND STATELY AND FULL OF LIFE
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IN HIS LIFE HE SPOKE SO RARELY
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IN HIS MIND HE CRIED FOR LIGHT
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PAINTING PERCEPTIONS TRYING TO CAPTURE
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THAT WHICH HE SAW IN HIS QUESTIONING STRIFE
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BRING HIM NO WINE FROM FAR AWAY VINEYARDS
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TELL HIM NO TALES OF THE CANYON'S MIGHT
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BUT WISH HIM PEACE AND ETERNAL WISDOM
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FOR HE HAS DIED AND HE DIED BY LIGHT
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ONCE IN LISBON, TWICE IN LONDON
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TRAVELLING AROUND FOR ALL OF HIS TIME
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LOOKING FOR AND FINDING A GODDESS
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HE TOOK DIANA TO BE HIS WIFE
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OF THE CHILDREN THEY'D BEGOTTEN
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TWO HAD DIED WITHOUT KNOWING LIFE
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AND THE THIRD I KNOW NOT WHEREOF
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BUT IF SHE LIVES SHE WILL YET BE KIND
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BRING HIM NO WINE FROM FAR AWAY VINEYARDS
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TELL HIM NO TALES OF THE CANYON'S MIGHT
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BUT WISH HIM PEACE AND ETERNAL WISDOM
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FOR HE HAS DIED AND HE DIED BY LIGHT
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CASEY HAD A MARK OF SIMPLE VALUE
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HE HAD A STAR BETWEEN HIS EYES
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IN HIS HANDS HE HELD AN AXE BLADE
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THE GREEK SYMBOL OF THUNDER AND FIRE
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ON A NIGHT WHEN THE HEAVENS WERE CRYING
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HE WENT OUT AND TOOK HIS BLADE
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CHOPPING WOOD TO WARM HIS HEARTHSIDE
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THE LIGHTENING CAME AND MY BROTHER DIED
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BRING HIM NO WINE FROM FAR AWAY VINEYARDS
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TELL HIM NO TALES OF THE CANYON'S MIGHT
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BUT WISH HIM PEACE AND ETERNAL WISDOM
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FOR HE HAS DIED AND HE DIED BY LIGHT
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