The Robber's Tale

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Ian David Green

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My mother was a drunken whore
With dogs I slept upon the floor
The sewer by the open door
The only river I could ever see
My mother died, the sheriff came
With hungry eyes my coin to claim
I bathed him there in pitch and flame
And fled the voices calling after me
Among the trees I made my home
A beast that crawls beside the road
And frees the traveller of his load
And sends his soul to find the judgement tree

Well some men begged upon their knees
Some whispered prayers and homilies
And some bled out with cries and pleas
The moment that the violence came to be
For some men die before they live
And some men take more than they give
And some men sin more than forgive
Well damn me for my greed I am all three
And so the judge high on his chair
With blackened teeth and yellowed hair
Smiling coldy did declare
Oh listen son the gallows call for thee
Oh listen son the gallows call for thee

I looked the pardoner in the eye
"Have done" I said, "and do not try
To turn my heart unto the sky
For all is true that they have said of me
And if you be a holy man
I am the wolf among your lambs
My mother's bastard yes I am
I'd cut you just as soon as I'd be free
For you know that I was born to burn
And let the hangman's keep be earned
So to the devil I'll return
And pay the price you gather here to see
For there never was a heaven made for me
There never was a heaven made for me"

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