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Gravediggers

Well I got me a call on the wire today and I'll tell you what it said
Some bandit with a knack for stealing graves had the town of Reno up in rage
It said please Dear John won't you come on down you going to catch that sorry knave
He's got the children and the women in a fitful fright and the men are scared but they just won't say

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Don't sleep tonight, unless you dare
Don't sleep tonight, unless you dare

I come down from the mountain on a fine spring day, songs of nature filled the air
But somewhere in the valley lurked a crocked mind and I stake my name it will end right there
So I spend my time in the town cemetery waiting night and day
And early one morn I saw a shadow move with a pick-ax shovel I do-dare say

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Well he dug and he dug for an hour or two till he hit that shallow grave
I pulled my gun and I pushed him in I said mister this ain't going to be your day
He said please have mercy I don't mean harm I'm only looking for a friend
I said Mallory Dane's been dead for years I suggest you get your ass out of that grave

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Then he bent on down as if in pain, he swung the shovel for my head
I put a 44' bullet right through his heart, in this still red dawn he was dead
Now the folks in Reno rest in peace and I'm headed for that range
This big city life with its lunatics, steal around at night hey they're digging up graves

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