| Sunrise I greet you, the beauty of your light
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| So warm and tender was never the night
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| In tears I see you, the last time it will be So give me your blessing, I’ll meet my destiny
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| No rest for the Sinner
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| Hypnos refused me my sleep
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| This was the last night of my life
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| With wine I pondered on my deeds
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| I drank to the devil with servants
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| It’s good with a friend where you go No one would share my last chalice
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| So I drink to the ones that I know
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| Ring brother, ring for me Ring the bells of hope and faith
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| Ring for my damnation
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| I am at the gallows end
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| With sad emotions, I sing this epitaph
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| My swansong, my headstone, the farewell of my heart
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| The hills of Tyburn, up where the gallows stand
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| Only the vultures will come to see me hang
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| Behold the sight of my Golgatha
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| The gallows enlightened by the moon
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| Proud of his art are the carpenter
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| His creation a tool for my doom
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| I am the outcast no winner
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| I am the fallen the one
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| That lived all his life as a sinner
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| The Tempter has called me his son
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| Ring brother, ring for me Ring the bells of hope and faith
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| Ring for my damnation
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| I am at the gallows end
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| Soon it is time the dark has now fled
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| And I see the place for my death
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| The priest he will pray for my lost soul
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| I’m sure he’s wasting his time
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| A sinner, a fool or a devil
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| Or just a victim of life
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| It’s no fun to burn in hell’s fire
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| But I sure have enjoyed my life
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| Ring brother, ring for me Ring the bells of hope and faith
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| Ring for my damnation
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| I am at the gallows end |