| Daddy went out to the yard tonight
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| he was dancing on his very own grave
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| you gave him the box and the shovel and the cross
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| and you kept a hammering nails boy
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| you kept a hammering nails
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| your house is on fire by your own two hands
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| and the flames they rose to the sky
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| and the neighbors all gathered at the edge of the grass
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| and you stole away in the night boy
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| you stole away in the night
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| and the dark old days
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| are not too far away
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| and one day soon you’ll be the dirt in the ground
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| when the sun came up the sun was black
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| the sun came up and the sun went out
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| one day soon you’ll be the dirt in the ground
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| Daddy went out to the yard tonite
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| to take back everything that he gave
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| he went for house and the woods all around
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| so you stole away in the night boy
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| you stole away in the night
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| you passing in and under the dim moon light
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| the ground it breaks when you move
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| and you breath so quiet as your breaking the path
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| you got the trembling hands boy
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| you’ve got the trembling hands
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| and the dark old days,
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| you can sing priase
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| «you can sing praise»
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| to what the lord made
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| «to what the lord made»
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| and you can cry those tears
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| when he’s taking it all away
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| daddy went out to the yard tonite but he was too far gone to be saved
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| by the priest or the book and cloth on the cross
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| and you kept a hammering nails
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| oh you kept a hammering nails |