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Burn My Body
William Elliott Whitmore
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Burn my body in the Northern Field
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Let the wind blow the ashes around
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And then you will know that my wounds have been healed
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Cause Lord I'll be homeward bound
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Let the flames warm your hands
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Let the glow light your way
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These gifts to you I bestow
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And noones listenin don't bother to pray
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If you do lord I'll never know
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Well up and up the smoke will roll
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Like a cloud of frightened crows
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To Carry my not so immortal soul
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Up between the rows
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Up between the rows
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Burn my body in the Northern Field
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Let the wind blow the ashes around
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And then you will know that my wounds have been healed
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Cause lord I'll be homeward bound
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Oh lord I'll be homeward bound
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Some words that are said can cut like a saw
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My ears nearly bled at the sound
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And I cant help prepare for the springtime thaw
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cause lord ill be homeward bound
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And the frost turns to flowers
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and they all start to bloom
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and theres nothin left to hoe
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well tip one back and sing me a tune
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And never let the fire grow cold
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Never let the fire grow cold
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Burn my body in the Northern Field
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Let the wind blow the ashes around
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And then you will know that my wounds have been healed
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Cause lord I'll be homeward bound
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Oh lord I'll be homeward bound