So much pain within me lies
Resistance from within me flies
So please kind sir give me a ride
And in you I shall confide
How I came to this drunk conclave
If you please take me to Lucy’s grave
I was a failure twice before
Ere Lucy gave me room and board
A candlelight to keep my nights
At bay as well as my life’s frights
And a token to keep me brave
So take me now to Lucy’s grave
I found some work within the town
In factory worked ten years long
But it was she who kept me strong
And gave me rest on pillow down
And from further failure had me saved
Please start out now for Lucy’s Grave
I don’t know how she came to pass
To leave me here in life’s morass
But now a drunken night I pass
Chugging sin from mug and flask
And many days spent depraved
Crying on my Lucy’s Grave
Starkly written upon the stone
“here Lucy lies she died alone”
I weep each time that I read
For I not there in time of need
And to my sorrows am a slave
Let me die on Lucy’s Grave
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