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Something broke through the brindled soilRattling the grassSpittin' like coalMy spade came down across his spinea terrible fear flew across his eyesI said we both have lives that we are owedYou can own an acre, but not what it growsI gave no heed when I got in,Had bread and tea and then the beast got skinnedDiamond skin on a hickory postBlowin' like a curse in the knee high rowsI never in my life had seenthe kind of rain we got that springA flood washed up every rainbow snakeAnd I was soon begging them to let me stayThey gave no heed when I got in,they said You can hunt hares in our garden.You can hunt hares in our garden.Who will love a loveless thingBetrayed by God, exiled by beastI can hear you in the floorboards deep in the nightYou could have freed me and redeemed your life Aus Songtexte Mania