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Verse 1
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Nilsson
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It was a rainy night and all
the windows were tight
And there were thirteen
people in the house
The owner and his wife,
the butler and his wife
Cook with her knife,
a couple named Smythe.
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The Andersons were there with
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And the scary caretaker and me
The clock struck one,
there was the sound of a gun
And I heard somebody run away.
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And the twelve who were alive
had terror in their eyes
And I overheard the
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Andersons say .
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it?'
'Who could have done it?'
And I wonder where's the cook
and her knife
'Madam' - said Adam
with his wife by his side
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'It was the shot we heard
that took her life'.
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The other couple named Sloan
and I ran to the phone
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To call the police but just then
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All the power went out and
we heard a great shout
And we knew for someone
else it was the end.
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we were shocked with alarm
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For instead of being twelve,
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we were ten.
Who could have done it?
The Andersons were such a nice pair.
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Now the owner and his wife,
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both afraid for their life
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So they hurried to the door to run away
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But before they got there,
there was a whistle through the air
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Then another,
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then they both had passed away.
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There were seven of us left now,
afraid of death now
But I knew it wasn't me
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'Cause when the power went out
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and we heard the others shout
hallway on the phone.
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and the couple named Smythe
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And the old scary caretaker too
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So the Sloans and I,
who were both afraid to die
Had to think of something quick we could do.
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And we gathered in the drawing room
for the caretaker too
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It was too late for he had met his doom.
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poison.
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That left five, five, five were still alive
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The Sloans, the Smythes and myself
Once again the lights went out
and I heard a great shout
From both the Smythes
and the Sloans.
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And then the lights came on again
and I looked around again
And everybody was dead
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Verse 15
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Well, I must have passed out
for the next thing I knew
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I was awakened with my hands in chains
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There was a man with a gun and he
said: 'Don't bother, son'
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'You'll have plenty of
time to explain'.
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I was rushed to a car, then taken to a cell
And a lawyer came in and said his name
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He said: 'I'm sure you told the truth but the truth is,
my boy'
'To believe in the judge would
be insane'.
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'Now before I pass sentence on you,
have you anything to say?'
I said: 'Are you kiddin'?'
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I said: 'This must be a dream' - I said:
'This can't be real'
'You don't believe a word
that I've said'.
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and said: 'Have mercy on his soul'
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And I was hanged by the neck until dead,
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have mercy.
Verse 19
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wait a minute, hey, stop
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Hey, would you mind rewind
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ing that last sentence?
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I mean, hanged by the what?
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Until when?
Hey, listen, I think you made a little,
I mean I think you made a large mistake here
First of all, I was in Colorado having breakfast with a nun,
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OK?
What do you mean? There's nothing
to get hung up about
I mean, you should be in here
Hey, you ever heard of the word appeal?
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Well, I'm about to appeal you off that bench
in a minute unless you change that decision
Listen, I got a lot,
I mean I had a lot of friends in this town
Hey, I want to see my congress man.
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