The Hole

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Well the old woman finally caught me
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Sneakin' 'round her cave

Her hair looked just like barb wire,
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And her smile just like the grave

She asked me could I stay a while
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I said I'd better go

She slid her arm around my neck
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And sweetly whispered no

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It's cold and dark and lonely here
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As soon enough you'll see

I'm oh so glad you stumbled in
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I've been cravin' company

I cannot stay too long you know
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I left some friends at home

Don't you fret about your friends
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Down here we're all alone

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Well what about my mother
I can't just leave her there to 
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mourn?

You don't have to think about her
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Just forget you were ever born

But I'll disappoint my father
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You know he worked so hard for me

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If you have to pay your father back
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Just send him some misery

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I'll miss, I said, a girl I know
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I can't just leave there to pine

Oh She's still got plenty of men to 
go
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I'm sure she'll do just fine

Well what about my little boy?
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She said, he's just like you

Let a few short years roll by
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He'll end up down here too

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And her pale green eyes began to 
glow
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And she placed her hand on mine

She smiled and said don't worry
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You'll get used to me in time

As her cold tongue flickered toward 
my throat
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I spun myself around

I Made a dive for the passageway
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But the walls came tumbling down

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Now her eyes were the only light
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My fevered brain could see

But I tore myself away from them
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And fell down to my knees

I've come too far, I can't get back
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I beseeched all the Gods of men

Fame and fortune just laughed at me
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And it's silence once again

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Then I whispered deep within
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Embraced the God of Love

I lifted my face and through the 
tears
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I saw light fall from above
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I hurled myself into the wall
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I ripped and clawed my way

Through the stinkin', clingin' loam
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Back to the light of day

I crawled out into the wind again
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With the sky upon my face

I heard the earth sigh patiently
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As I slid back into place

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Now I'm back among the ones I love
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And I'm loved by them in turn

And it's only on the darkest night
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That green eyed memory burns

So walk my friends, in the light of 
day
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Don't go sneakin' 'round no holes

There might be something down there
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Wants to gobble up your soul