Rock Salt And Nails

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[Verse 1]

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On the banks of the river where 
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the willows hang down
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And wild birds all warble with a 
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low moaning sound
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Way down in the hollow where the 
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water runs cold
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That's where I first listened to 
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the lies that you told

[Verse 2]
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Now I lie on my bed and I see 
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your sweet face
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The past I remember time cannot 
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erase
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The letter you wrote me it was 
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written in shame
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And I know that your conscience 
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still echo's my name

[Verse 3]
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Now the nights are so long, and 
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sorrow runs deep
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And nothing is worse than a night 
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without sleep
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I'll walk out alone, I look at the
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 sky
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Too empty to sing, too lonesome to 
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cry

[Verse 4]
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So if you ladies were blackbirds,
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 if you ladies were thrushes
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I'd lie there for hours in the 
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cold chilly marshes
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If you ladies were squirrel's with
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 high bushy tails
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I'd fill up my shotgun with rock 
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salt and nails