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[Verse]
Em F
Born in sheep's blood plain and simple
Em F
Washed out of my mother's temple
Em F
All around I heard them laughing
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As father sheep had stood there calving
Em F
Black they were, with white eyes gleaming
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Right in heaven life was seeming
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Brittle wind blew snow upon me
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I got blanketed all white and frosty
[Bridge]
Bm Em
In my time I grew and killed them
Bm Em
Or out of memory I willed them
Bm Em
And willed in a greater history
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Out of massacre and mystery
Bm Em
Was no longer wealthy, woolly
D Em
Nor anything I could grasp fully
C G
Someone rush to re-inject me
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God of gods, won't you protect me?
[Verse]
Em F
Fixed my face and marching onward
Em F
Marching running ever forward
Em F
Buildings were a bloody vessel
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Edging me below the trestle
Em F
There in coal and whitened gravel
Em F
I built a shield of wooden baffle
Em F
Inside of which I raised a fire
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So I could tonight retire
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Everyone will tell you it's evil to be
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A free-thinking pecker like bonnie old me
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But I'll flex my armies and blow out my gut
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And prove I'll be loved by any old slut
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Look here in my wallet, it's loaded and true
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And now I can leave here and go and find you
