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Feet hit the ground feet leavin' town quicker than a bullet or a knife Fallin' ain't no fun when you're on the run honey we was running for our life When Stagger Lee had drunk his fill of moonlight He turned his burning eyes upon my soul It's time my God to spend this night with someone else he said Squeeze a little pleasure from the gold love and glory We can take it easy when we're old He said we'll take us into town lay our money down I'll bring you to the sweetest thing that grows Because the fairest ones in sight are bloomin' every night At a tavern called the Sabre and the Rose We swang into the saddle sick as breathing And slapped 'em once for pleasure with the reins The horses snorted frosty in the moonlight Somethin' dark was singing in my veins older than the voices in my brain He said this place you're gonna see is why they live and breathe And sink down a little bit deeper everyday And sometimes at night when the wind is running right You can hear it suckin' thirty miles away Then the light was crimson and I found her all naked and eternal and insane Secred as the mysteries around her like a veil nothin' but her prison was profane All we had in common was our chains Oh burn it down boys burn it to the ground boys burn it on down Feet hit the ground feet leavin' town quicker than a bullet or a knife All there was she ran holdin' to my hand runnin' for the river and our life Slidin' from the moonlight into shadows silent as the river as it flows Swimmin' to the place they'll never find us all we left behind us was our clothes And the stories children sing about the Sabre and the Rose Aus Songtexte Mania