| In the great book of John you’re warned of the day
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| When you’ll be laid beneath the cold clay
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| The angel of death will come from the sky
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| And claim your poor soul when the time comes to die
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| When the angel of death comes down after you
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| Can you smile and say that you have been true?
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| Can you truthfully say with your dying breath?
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| That you’re ready to meet the angel of death
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| When the lights all grow dim and the dark shadows creep
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| And then your loved ones are gathered to weep
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| Can you face them and say with your dying breath?
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| That you’re ready to meet the angel of death
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| When the angel of death comes down after you
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| Can you smile and say that you have been true?
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| Can you truthfully say with your dying breath?
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| That you’re ready to meet the angel of death |