| See these ragged shoes?
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| The soles have worn straight through, while I’ve proclaimed
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| The king who sang the blues.
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| If you’ve got better news then make it plain.
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| He laid aside his crown
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| All our crimes he carried
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| Was lifted from the ground
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| And with our burdens buried.
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| Listen to me, though I speak of sober things
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| Listen through me, though a man of lips unclean.
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| I speak truly what you only think you’ve heard
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| Everything hangs on a word.
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| Sparing no expense, he made recompense for all the earth; |
| this story’s an offense, so get down from that fence and bless or curse.
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| He laid aside his crown
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| All our crimes he carried
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| Was lifted from the ground
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| And with our burdens buried.
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| When shadows all had clung and the light diminished, he emptied out his lungs,
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| crying «It is finished!»
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| Listen to me, though I speak of sober things
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| Listen through me, though a man of lips unclean.
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| I speak truly what you only think you’ve heard
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| Everything hangs on a word. |