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We had two people we dearly loved die the year I wrote this song. Death had begun to feel like a companion and I wanted to write through those feelings.

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death came to my house last night in the light of the full moon
I knew it was her by the sound of her sad tune
she came up on the porch and sat right down on my swing
in her lap a black velvet bag filled with wedding rings

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lay me down, lay me down
underneath the old willow tree
lay me down, lay me down
and my soul will be set free

when I was a young man there weren't nothing I couldn't do
give that boy a nickel and a dime and have him shine my shoe
now that I'm old and my eyes grow dim
the shoe shine man's an old man and I shuffle just like him

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I watch that old willow as it blows in the wind
my heart is heavy with the weight of all my sin
this pack I've been hauling all my stubborn life
if I could just lay it down I know my soul'd take flight

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she lifts the cup to her lips that are full and red
she passes it to me and it goes right up to my head
death is a beautiful woman in her dress of soot and ash
I lay down in her arms and finally breath my last

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from Little Piece of the Pie, released May 26, 2011
Karissa Wilson plays the fiddle on this track.

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The Wealthy Orphans Grand Rapids, Michigan

Playing music forged in the furnace of real life, the Wealthy Orphans open hearts and unzip heaven at the same time. Their songs are lite up with vivid imagery, haunted by enigmatic narratives that confuse as much as enlighten.

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