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I married Isis on the fifth day of May

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But I could not hold on to her very long

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So I cut off my hair and I rode straight away

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For the wild unknown country where I could not go wrong.

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I came to a high place of darkness and light

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The dividing line ran through the center of town

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I hitched up my pony to a post on the right

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Went in to a laundry to wash my clothes down.

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A man in the corner approached me for a match

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I knew right away he was not ordinary

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He said "Are you looking for something easy to catch ?"

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I said "I got no money". He said "That ain't necessary".

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We set out that night for the cold in the North

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I gave him my blanket he gave me his word

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I said "Where are we going ?" He said "We'd be back by the fourth"

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I said "That's the best news that I've ever heard".

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I was thinking about turquoise I was thinking about gold

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I was thinking about diamonds and the world's biggest necklace

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As we rode through the canyons through the devilish cold

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I was thinking about Isis how she thought I was so reckless.

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How she told me that one day we meet up again

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And things would be different the next time we wed

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If I only could hang on and just be her friend

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I still can't remember all the best things she said.

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We came to the pyramids all embedded in ice

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He said "There's a body I'm trying to find

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If I carry it out it'll bring a good price"

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It was then that I knew what he had on his mind.

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The wind it was howling and the snow was outrageous

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We chopped through the night and we chopped through the dawn

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When he died I was hoping that it wasn't contagious

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But I made up my mind that I had to go on.

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I broke into the tomb but the casket was empty

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There was no jewels no nothing I felt I'd been had

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When I saw that my partner was just being friendly

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When I took up his offer I must?a been mad.

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I picked up his body and I dragged him inside

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Threw him down in the hole and I put back the cover

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I said a quick prayer and I felt satisfied

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Then I rode back to find Isis just to tell her I love her.

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She was there in the meadow where the creek used to rise

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Blinded by sleep and in need of a bed

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I came in from the East with the sun in my eyes

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I cursed her one time then I rode on ahead.

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