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It all began when they took me from my home and put me on
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Death Row, a crime for which I'm totally innocent, you know.
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I began to warm and chill to objects and their fields,
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a ragged cup, a twisted mop, the face of Jesus in my soup,
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those sinister dinner deals, the meal trolley's wicked wheels,
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a hooked bone rising from my food,
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and all things either good or ungood.
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And the mercy seat is waiting, and I think my head is burning,
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and in a way I'm yearning to be done with all this weighing of the truth.
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An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth,
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and anyway I told the truth, and I'm not afraid to die.
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I hear stories from the chamber, Christ was born into a manger,
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and like some ragged stranger he died upon the cross.
Bb
Might I say it seems so fitting in its way,
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he was a carpenter by trade, or at least that's what I'm told.
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My kill-hands tatooed E.V.I.L. across it's brother's fist,
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that filthy five! They did nothing to challenge or resist.
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In Heaven His throne is made of gold,
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the ark of His Testament is stowed,
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a throne from which I'm told all history does unfold.
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It's made of wood and wire, and my body is on fire
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and God is never far away.
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Into the mercy seat I climb, my head is shaved, my head is wired,
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and like a moth that tries to enter the bright eye,
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I go shuffling out of life, just to hide in death a while,
FAm
and anyway I never lied.
Am7M
And the mercy seat is waiting, and I think my head is burning,
AmGGm
and in a way I'm yearning to be done with all this weighing of the truth.
Bb
An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth,
FAm
and anyway I told the truth, and I'm not afraid to die.
Am7M
And the mercy seat is burning, and I think my head is glowing,
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and in a way I'm hoping to be done with all this twisting of the truth.
Bb
An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth,
FAm
and anyway there was no proof, and I'm not afraid to die.
Am7M
And the mercy seat is glowing, and I think my head is smoking,
AmGGm
and in a way I'm hoping to be done with all these looks of disbelief.
A life for a life, and a truth for a truth,
FAm
and I've got nothing left to lose, and I'm not afraid to die.
Am7M
And the mercy seat is smoking, and I think my head is melting,
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and in a way that's helping to be done with all this twisting of the truth.
Bb
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth,
FAm
and anyway I told the truth, but I'm afraid I told a lie.
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