Isis

I married Isis on the fifth day of May
 But I could not hold on to her very long
 So I cut off my hair and I rode straight away
 For the wild unknown country where I could not go wrong
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 I came to a high place of darkness and light
 The dividing line ran through the center of town
 I hitched up my pony to a post on the right
 Went in to the laundry to wash my clothes down
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 A man in the corner approached me for a match
 I knew right away he was not ordinary
 He said, "Are you lookin' for somethin' easy to catch?"
 I said, "I got no money." He said, "That ain't necessary"
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 We set out that night for the cold in the North
 I gave him my blanket, and he gave me his word
 I said, "Where are we goin'?" He said we'd be back by the fourth
 I said, "That's the best news that I've ever heard"
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 I was thinkin' about turquoise, I was thinkin' about gold
 I was thinkin' about diamonds and the world's biggest necklace
 As we rode through the canyons, through the devilish cold
 I was thinkin' about Isis, how she thought I was so reckless
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 How she told me that one day we would meet up again
 And things would be different the next time we wed
 If I only could hang on and just be her friend
 I still can't remember all the best things she said
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 We came to the pyramids all embedded in ice
 He said, "There's a body I'm tryin' to find
 If I carry it out it'll bring a good price"
 'Twas-a then that I knew what he had on his mind
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 The wind it was howlin' and the snow was outrageous
 We chopped through the night and we chopped through the dawn
 When he died I was hopin' that it wasn't contagious
 But I made up my mind that I had to go on
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 I broke into the tomb, but the casket was empty
 There was no jewels, no nothin', I felt I'd been had
 When I saw that my partner was just bein' friendly
 When I took up his offer I must-a been mad
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 I picked up his body and I dragged him inside
 Threw him down in the hole and I put back the cover
 I said a quick prayer then I felt satisfied
 Then I rode back to find Isis just to tell her I love her
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 She was there in the meadow where the creek used to rise
 Blinded by sleep and in need of a bed
 I came in from the East with the sun in my eyes
 I cursed her one time then I rode on ahead
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 She said, "Where ya been?" I said, "No place special"
 She said, "You look different." I said, "Well, I guess"
 She said, "You been gone." I said, "That's only natural"
 She said, "You gonna stay?" I said, "If you want me to, yes"
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 Isis, oh, Isis, you're a mystical child
 What drives me to you is what drives me insane
 I still can remember the way that you smiled
 On the fifth day of May in the drizzlin' rain