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he told me i belong in a churchyard
he told me i could walk away but i wouldn't get far
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he told me i belong in a churchyard
he told me i could walk away but i wouldn't get far
and the one that she adored
walked her across the churchyard
flowers bloomed and bells they tolled
and the one that she adored
walked her across the churchyard
flowers bloomed and bells they tolled
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the old churchyard is where i faded
she watched me while i fell unaided
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the old churchyard is where i faded
she watched me while i fell unaided
then what will remain
but a churchyard of angels
don't need no glory
then what will remain
but a churchyard of angels
don't need no glory
it's a laugh ten times harder at a joke eleven times told
down to the churchyard
check out the vaults
it's a laugh ten times harder at a joke eleven times told
down to the churchyard
check out the vaults
that you never even cared at all
you believe your boy was born in the churchyard
your baby boy was never ever even born at all
that you never even cared at all
you believe your boy was born in the churchyard
your baby boy was never ever even born at all
stockyard
churchyard
your mammy's backyard
stockyard
churchyard
your mammy's backyard
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i saw your handprint in the snow on the gate to the churchyard
i followed your footprints on the path
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i saw your handprint in the snow on the gate to the churchyard
i followed your footprints on the path
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there's a little churchyard just along the way
it used to be lambeth's finest array
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there's a little churchyard just along the way
it used to be lambeth's finest array
i remember the bells
comin' from the churchyard
and i thought they played their music just for me
i remember the bells
comin' from the churchyard
and i thought they played their music just for me
i smiled like i didn't know my telephone number and all of my thoughts yesterday
down in the churchyard: the yews hollowed and old
trees like umbrellas
i smiled like i didn't know my telephone number and all of my thoughts yesterday
down in the churchyard: the yews hollowed and old
trees like umbrellas
and the howls a mile tall
the wedding in the churchyard
the laughter and the tears
and the howls a mile tall
the wedding in the churchyard
the laughter and the tears
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i've seen people laughing in churchyards
screaming and shouting in my
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i've seen people laughing in churchyards
screaming and shouting in my
and the moon is proud
and in the churchyard they are whisperin'
beneath the ground
and the moon is proud
and in the churchyard they are whisperin'
beneath the ground
we kissed a toad and we hollared at the ladies
in the churchyard choir the jailhouse is on fire
i hopped a train and headed west free woman
we kissed a toad and we hollared at the ladies
in the churchyard choir the jailhouse is on fire
i hopped a train and headed west free woman
show me mercy
smokestack curse the churchyard air
where a virgin weeps for us
show me mercy
smokestack curse the churchyard air
where a virgin weeps for us
and now i'm here with the devil all my own
just like a churchyard shadow creeping after me
its only there to terrify my mind
and now i'm here with the devil all my own
just like a churchyard shadow creeping after me
its only there to terrify my mind
or the house a mile tall
the wedding and the churchyard
the laughter and the tears
or the house a mile tall
the wedding and the churchyard
the laughter and the tears
midwinter's eve midweek in october
i saw a churchyard
green stardust blowing all over
midwinter's eve midweek in october
i saw a churchyard
green stardust blowing all over
he had drowned in the river down the way
they laid his body down in a churchyard
but still when the moon is out
he had drowned in the river down the way
they laid his body down in a churchyard
but still when the moon is out