Intro
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[Verse 1]
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I cross the green mountain, I sit by the stream
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Heaven blazing in my head, I dreamt a monstrous dream
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Something came up out of the sea
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Swept through the land of, the rich and the free
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[Verse 2]
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I look into the eyes, of my merciful friend
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And then i ask myself, is this the end?
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Memories linger, sad yet sweet and I
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think of the souls in heaven who will meet
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[Chorus]
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Altars are burning, with flames far and wide
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The foe has crossed over from the other side
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They tip their caps, from the top of the hill
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You can feel them come, more brave blood to spill
[Verse 3]
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Along the dim, Atlantic line
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the ravaged land, lies for miles behind
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The light's coming forward and the streets are broad
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All must yield to the avenging God
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[Chorus]
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The world is old, the world is gray
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Lessons of life, can't be learned in a day
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I watch and I wait, and I listen while I stand
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To the music that comes from a far-better land
[Verse 4]
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Close the eyes of our captain, peace may he know
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His long night is done, the great leader is laid low
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He was ready to fall, he was quick to defend
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Killed outright he was, by his own men
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[Verse 5]
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It's the last day's last hour, of the last happy year
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I feel that the unknown world is so near
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Pride will vanish and glory will rot
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But virtue lives and cannot be forgot
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[Verse 6]
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The bells of leavening have rung
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There's blasphemy on every tongue
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Let 'em say that I walked in fair nature's light
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And that I was loyal to truth and to right
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[Chorus]
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Serve God and be cheerful, look upward, beyond
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Beyond the darkness of masks, the surprises of dawn
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In the deep green grasses of the blood stained world
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They never dreamed of surrenderin', they fell where they stood
[Verse 7]
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Stars fell over Alabama, I saw each star
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You're walkin' in dreams, whoever you are
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Chilled are the skies, keen as the frost
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The ground's froze hard and the morning is lost
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[Verse 8]
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B letter to mother came today
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Gunshot wound to the breast is what it did say
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But he'll be better soon, he's in a hospital bed
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But he'll never be better - he's already dead
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[Verse 9]
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I'm ten miles outside the city, and I'm lifted away
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In an ancient light, that is not of day
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They were calm, they were blunt, we knew 'em all too well
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We loved each other more than we ever dared to tell
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