The Gallows

I am standing on the gallows

In a winter rain

But I am light as a sparrow

'Cause I'm on my way

I am standing on the gallows

And the people push and curse and gather in a ring

Like the ranks of hell their numbers swell

They come to watch somebody swingI am standing on the gallows

It's a winter day

But I am light as a sparrow

'Cause I'm on my wayThe hangman is a doctor's son

He's kept a list of those who died

But in his darkened home

When he's all alone

There's a glistening in his eyes

And he is standing on the gallows

In his heavy gloves

Staring straight as an arrow

Into the sky aboveHe sees a river of blood in the clouds

I see a ladder, my love, reaching down

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