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Where I once was born

from The Great Unknown by Jon-Olov Woxlin

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Today’s the day they’re gonna bring me down
I’ve known it now for quite a while
The verdict came a fortnight ago
Soon in the noose my head’ll hang low.
The executioner say’s it’s ’bout 20 more
Minutes ’fore
I’ll be dangling ’bove the floor

The crowd gathers ’round wanting for a show
I’m sitting listening to their chanting grow
I hear ’em yell: hang him high!
If I had a God, she’d soon lead me towards the sky
The executioner say’s it’s ’bout 15 more
Minutes ’fore
I’ll be dangling ’bove the floor

A chilly wind sweeps across the plains
Heading for the gallows, for the chains
Where I’m strapped ’neath an old oak tree
Waiting for sweet death to fin’lly set me free.
The executioner say’s it’s ’bout 10 more
Minutes ’fore
I’ll be dangling ’bove the floor

The dying breath that soon I’ll exhale
Oh, my weary soul, let it sail
Sail away from my wrecked body ship
’From the bottom of my lungs through my cracked country lips
The executioner say’s it’s ’bout 8 more
Minutes ’fore
I’ll be dangling ’bove the floor

They told me, they said that I’d killed another man
I just cannot recall whom or when
But as a true servant of the law
I’ll accept my fate and to the burning hell I’ll go
The executioner say’s it’s ’bout 666 more
Minutes ’fore
I’ll be dangling ’bove the floor

The crowd gets wilder and the air’s burning hot
I try to keep my eyes at some forget-me-not’s
They’re growing next to the gallows where I’ll hang
I’ll sure not forget these few minutes ’til I’m dead.
The executioner say’s it’s ’bout 4 more
Minutes ’fore
I’ll be dangling ’bove the floor

I’ll give ’em my best, the people that are here
I’ll present them both anger and fear.
I’ll struggle the walk towards the stage of death,
And I’ll cry and beg for mercy as the noose reaches my neck
The executioner say’s it’s ’bout 1 more
Minute ’fore
I’ll be dangling ’bove the floor

The bane stares at me with a hollow gaze
I try to study the lines of his face.
I figure I’ve gotta get some business done
when, in hell, again I’ll get to meet this son of a gun.
The executioner pulls the lever and I fall
Into the darkness
from where I once was born

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from The Great Unknown, released January 1, 2021

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