Chicasaw Mountain

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High up on the mountain of Chickasaw, they say,
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There's one patch of darkness that never yields to day;
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Deep are those shadows, old as the mountain,
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Something is waiting in there; call on her if you dare!
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Seek no level of God or devil; she's something older by far,
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Call her "Lady Of the Morning Star".

[Verse 2]
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She offers two bargains. The price is steep and dark;
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The one takes your life, and the other leaves a mark.
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If there's a third one, I've never heard one,
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Choose for yourself, what's the fee?
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Nothing she gives is free!
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Name your goal--she won't ask your soul--
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     she might even give you her own--
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And maybe you'd be better off alone!

[Verse 3]
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My old fellow rebel: I know what deal he made;
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The Power rang through every song he wrote and played;
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Made him the best of his generation,
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Sang to the end of the War--and not a moment more.
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Then it left him. The Power bereft him,
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 left him but one fate to see--
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Hanging on his sister's apple tree.

[Verse 4]
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Forgive my old buddy, who soon forgot my name;
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I chose not to follow his seven years of fame.
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He took the high road, I take the low road,
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Sing second place, but sing long--
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  and have always one more song!
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Take your stars and give me my scars,
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 I'd rather live long and be free--
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So take his cup the hell away from me!

[Verse 5]
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Whoever has wisdom can guess what lies unsaid
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The cost of the Gift to the living and the dead;
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Still, if you feel you'll gain by the deal,
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You'll play with the old Morning Star
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--no need to travel far.
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Don't just count on Chickasaw Mountain
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     if there's a Deal meant for you
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Any wild place on Earth will do.