Intro
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[Verse]
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Wendell Walker was a friend of mine.
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we’d stain our teeth in the summertime,
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and with lips of purple, the winter would roll
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past the boarded windows into our souls
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and shake our weary bones.
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now this past winter was the coldest in years.
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it’s hard to explain if you've never lived here,
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but it locks your doors and starts your mind
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thinking in circles just to pass the time,
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and breaks your weary heart.
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now Wendell Walker was a man of God,
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but he didn’t care much for his sober mind,
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and when the cold mixed in he was turned around
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heard the voice of God and the angels sound
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a message just for him:
[Chorus]
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my son, my son, she is the devil’s child
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won’t you save her while you can
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cut down the other man.
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now Wendell Walker was a friend of mine,
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but he married too young in the summertime.
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their hearts weren’t ripe so they fell apart
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and I found myself with a joyful heart
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as our secret lives began.
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we found our moments in between the hours,
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when Wendell Walker drove his car to town.
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but one day he found a letter that I wrote for her
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on the top of her dresser and in his winter mind
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he heard the voice of God say:
[Chorus]
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my son, my son, she is the devil’s child
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won’t you save her while you can
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cut down the other man.
[Verse]
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with the voice of the lord ringing in his ears
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and the note to his wife that confirmed his fears,
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he sat down on the edge of the bed
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read the letter again to see who’d sent it
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but it was signed ‘forever yours’.
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he stood up slow like he’d just been hit.
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walked into the kitchen where his wife was sitting
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he said, “my mother called on the telephone
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she says she needs some help so I’ll be back in the morning"
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and he grabbed his heavy coat.
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my phone rang while I was watching the news.
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she said the house was ours to cure these winter blues.
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so I made my way, and we turned the blinds
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and Wendell walked in just in time
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to see our secret die and say:
[Pre-Chorus]
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my son, my son I’m gonna have to cut you down.
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he pointed his rifle to my eyes
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but his hesitating hands
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were shaking from the cold.
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so I pushed his gun away,
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just as he found his strength.
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and the bullet kissed her lips
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and I cried:
[Chorus]
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my god, my god what have I done?
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and he reloaded his gun,
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and he put it in his mouth.
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and I stood in the room that I’d created.
[Outro]
D# C# x4
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