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I married Isis on the 5th day of May |
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But I could not hold on to her very long. |
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So I cut off my hair and I rode straight away |
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For the wild unknown country where I could not go wrong. |
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I came to a high place of darkness and light. |
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The dividing line ran through the center of town. |
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I hitched up my pony to a post on the right, |
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Went in to a laundry to wash my clothes down. |
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A man in the corner approached me for a match. |
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I knew right away he was not ordinary. |
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He said, "Are you lookin' for somethin' easy to catch?" |
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I said, "I got no money." He said, "That ain't necessary." |
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We set out that night for the cold in the North. |
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I gave him my blanket, and he gave me his word. |
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I said, "Where are we goin'?" He said we'd be back by the fourth. |
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I said, "That's the best news that I've ever heard." |
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I was thinkin' about turquoise, I was thinkin' about gold, |
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I was thinkin' about diamonds and the world's biggest necklace. |
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As we rode through the canyons, through the devilish cold, |
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I was thinkin' about Isis, how she thought I was so reckless. |
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How she told me that one day we would meet up again, |
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And things would be different the next time we wed, |
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If I only could hang on and just be her friend. |
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I still can't remember all the best things she said. |
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We came to the pyramids all embedded in ice. |
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He said, "There's a body I'm tryin' to find. |
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If I carry it out it'll bring a good price." |
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'Twas then that I knew what he had on his mind. |
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The wind it was howlin' and the snow was outrageous. |
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We chopped through the night and we chopped through the dawn. |
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When he died I was hopin' that it wasn't contagious, |
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But I made up my mind that I had to go on. |
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I broke into the tomb, but the casket was empty. |
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There was no jewels, no nothin', I felt I'd been had. |
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When I saw that my partner was just bein' friendly, |
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When I took up his offer I must-a been mad. |
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I picked up his body and I dragged him inside, |
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Threw him down in the hole and I put back the cover. |
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I said a quick prayer and I felt satisfied. |
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Then I rode back to find Isis just to tell her I love her. |
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She was there in the meadow where the creek used to rise. |
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Blinded by sleep and in need of a bed, |
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I came in from the East with the sun in my eyes. |
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I cursed her one time then I rode on ahead. |
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She said, "Where ya been?" I said, "No place special." |
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She said, "You look different." I said, "Well, I guess." |
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She said, "You been gone." I said, "That's only natural." |
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She said, "You gonna stay?" I said, "If you want me too, yes!" |
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Isis, oh, Isis, you mystical child. |
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What drives me to you is what drives me insane. |
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I still can remember the way that you smiled |
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On the fifth day of May in the drizzlin' rain. |
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