Key: E minor•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Let me tell you a story to chill the bones
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About a thing that I saw
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One night wandering in the everglades
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I'd one drink but no more
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Verse 2
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I was rambling,
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Gazing up at the stars
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Not aware of a presence
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so near to me
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Verse 3
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Feeling scared and I fell to
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Took me to an unholy place
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And that is where I fell
from grace
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Verse 4
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To the dance of the dead
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In to the circle of fire,
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Into the middle, I was led
Verse 5
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As if time had stopped still I
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But still, I wanted to go
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And the blaze of the fire
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did no hurt upon me
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Verse 6
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And I felt I was in a trance
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And my spirit was lifted from me
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And if only someone
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To witness what happened to me
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Verse 7
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And I danced an d I pranced
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All had death in their eyes
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Lifeless figures they
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They had ascended from hell
Interlude 1
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Verse 8
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My free spirit was laughing
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and howling down at me
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Below my undead body
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Just danced the circle of dead
Verse 9
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reunite us both
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My spirit came back down to me
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I didn't know if
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As the others, all joined in with me
Interlude 2
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Verse 10
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took the attention away from me
When they took their gaze from me
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Was the moment that I fled
Verse 11
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But behind I did not glance
One thing that I did not dare
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Was to look just straight ahead
Interlude 3
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Verse 12
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has come around
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You know you'll be prepared for it
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Say your last goodbyes to everyone
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And drink and say a prayer for
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Verse 13
When you're lying in your sleep,
when you're lying in your bed
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dancing with the dead
When you're lying in your sleep,
when you're lying in your bed
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And you wake from your dreams to go dancing with the dead
Interlude 4
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Verse 14
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this day I guess I'll never know
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Just why they let me go
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But I'll never go dancing no more
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'Til I dance with the dead
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