[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
[Chorus]
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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
[Chorus]
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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
[Chorus]
Cadd9 G6sus2 A7sus4 Em7
I weigh my deeds on my father's scales
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And I balance them with coffin nails
Cadd9 G6sus2 A7sus4 Em7
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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