Lorene

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[Verse 1]
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I was just 23 when Lorene married me
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A good woman's greatest mistake

She was carrying my child but I was 
too young and wild
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For the burdens that marriage 
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creates

[Verse 2]
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So just like a coward I looked for a
 way out
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I went where the Slank River flows
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I left her a note inside of my coat
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And quickly walked off down the road

[Verse 3]
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Lorene stood and shivered while they
 dragged the river
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For the body that was not to be 
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found

I watched from a hill while they had
 my funeral
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From there I could hear every sound

[Verse 4]
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There were friends and relations
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And they all kept saying what shame
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 it was I chose to die
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But the thing that still haunts me 
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and tears at my conscience
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Is the sound Lorene made when she 
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cried

[Chorus]
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Black velvet lace covered her face
But her grieving was too strong to 
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hide
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Yes, the thing that still haunts me 
and tears at my conscience
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Is the sound Lorene made when she 
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cried

[Verse 5]
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After two years of hiding with my 
shame locked inside me
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My conscience led me back home

To a small country graveyard where a
 plain wooden marker
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Had Lorene's name carved next to my
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 own

[Verse 6]
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Now I stand and shiver at the banks 
of the river
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Lorene seems to beckon to me
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Death like an old friend whispers 
come on in
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And I'll put your conscience to 
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sleep

[Chorus]
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Black velvet lace covered her face
But her grieving was too strong to 
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hide
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Yes, the thing that still haunts me 
and tears at my conscience
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Is the sound Lorene made when she 
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cried

[Otro]
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As I go under the last I remember
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Is the sound Lorene made when she 
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cried