Coffin Nails

	  		
Intro: 
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Verse 1:
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Something from the dark came down the night John Rufus  died 
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It landed on the window sill and there it cried all night 
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We could not see the shape of it, wailing filled the air 
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We knew not what it looked like but we knew why it was there 


 
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I weigh my deeds on my father's scales 
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And I balance them with coffin nails 



Instrumental 
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Verse 2:
 
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I'd moved off of the family farm in 1954 
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I was in and out of Fort Roots since I came back from the war 
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He died on the  Ides of March just before the dawn 
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Mama stayed up with him 'til that howling thing was gone 



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I weigh my deeds on my father's scales 
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And I balance them with coffin nails 



Instrumental 
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Bridge:
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The things we carried in war 
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The things we carry now 
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Every ounce added up 
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Can't seem to set them down 
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I can't seem to set 'em down 


Instrumental 
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Verse 3:
 
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Something from the dark came down, I still hear its song 
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Did it follow from the old world? Had it been here all   along? 
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The banshee didn't seem to bother when it was wartime 
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Too much death and sorrow, too many people crying 



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I weigh my deeds on my father's scales 
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And I balance them with coffin nails 
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I weigh my deeds on my father's scales 
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And I balance them with coffin nails 



Outro 
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