Sing Me to the Gallows

Don't pray for me, don't pull no string Don't ask for mercy, don't make it sing Don't write my name in any stone Don't make the trip up here alone

And the sun's coming up like a borrowed thing And the platform creaks like a wedding ring And the priest's got nothing left to say And the rope's been waiting on this day

Sing me to the gallows, sing me to the gallows Drum me to the open sky Don't let the silence get me first Sing me hard, sing me high

There's a face in the crowd that I used to know There's a child in the back I owe There's a debt nobody's gonna pay And the sheriff's got nothing left to say

And the sun's coming up like a borrowed thing And the platform creaks like a wedding ring And the priest's got nothing left to say And the rope's been waiting on this day

Sing me to the gallows, sing me to the gallows Drum me to the open sky Don't let the silence get me first Sing me hard, sing me high

Some men go quiet, some men go small Some men whisper at the wall Some men beg, some men fall I want every man to call

Sing me to the gallows, sing me to the gallows Drum me to the open sky Don't let the silence get me first Sing me hard, sing me high Sing me hard, sing me high Sing me hard, sing me high

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