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.​.​.​And a Cigarette

from No Sleep 'til Buffalo by Sherman to the Fucking Sea

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came to kill
(good good god)

we are gathered here to kill
a brute named Bryant
private of the 12th New York
rapist of a spinster and girl

four men's palms may sweat
around their rifles' stocks
but the band knows how to play
"The Dead March" on a dark March day

fold your arms
if you want for comfort
the crash of the volley
will break down that shield

and though killers may weep
at the sight of your corpse
the band wills strike up
a staunchly indifferent tune

Goldsboro men may cheer
songs of Lordly praise
for he showed his hand that day
in the shape of four rifles' smoke

this open field's
newly dug maw
lies open and unmoved
for soil knows the taste of your kind

here's the thing
we could damned the rule of law
handed you over the widows
let them take their loss out on you

you'll get no love
just spun like a marionette
no words from us
no prayer on your behalf

here's what you get:
last words and a cigarette

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from No Sleep 'til Buffalo, track released January 26, 2010

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