In The Dark Times

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[Verse 1]

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In barbarous times you were hung
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If you stole sheep to have something to eat
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And while you hung the well-to-do
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Said, "A job well done"

[Verse 2]

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Women were burnt at the stake
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Maybe they'd done nothing
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Or slapped someone
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They shouldn't have
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These were the crimes
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In the dark times
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These were the crimes
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In the barbarous times

[Verse 3]

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Pointless was well thought out
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Some lethal game
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These were the crimes
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In the dark times
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These were the crimes
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In the dark times

[Instrumental]

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[Verse 4]

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Mother went out to the shops
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And left her baby indoors where she played with matches
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The house burnt down
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The mother went to jail

[Verse 5]

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Pointless was well thought out
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Some lethal game
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These were the crimes
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In the dark times
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These were the crimes
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In the barbarous times