Death Singing

In the straw-colored light
 In light rapidly changing
 On a life rapidly fading
 Have you seen death singing?
 Have you seen death singing?
 With a throat smooth as a lamb
 Yet dry as a branch not snapping
 He throws back his head
 And he does not sing a thing mournful
 Have you seen death singing?
 Have you seen death singing?
 Have you seen death singing
 In the straw-colored light?
 He sings a black embrace
 And white opals swimming
 In a child's leather purse
 Have you seen death swimming?
 Have you seen death swimming?
 With a throat smooth as a lamb
 Yet dry as a branch not snapping
 He throws back his head
 And he does not sing a thing mournful
 Have you seen death singing?
 Have you seen death singing?
 Have you seen death singing
 In the straw-colored light?
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 He sings of youth enraged
 And the burning of Atlanta
 And these viral times
 And may ribbon streaming
 And straw-colored curls a-turning
 A mother's vain delight
 And woe to the sun
 And woe to the dawn
 And woe to the young
 Another hearse is drawn
 Have you seen death singing?
 Have you seen death singing?
 Have you seen death singing
 In the straw-colored light?