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 Well they call me William The Pleaser

 I sold opium, fireworks and lead

 Now I'm telling my troubles to strangers

 When the shadows get long I'll be dead

 Now her hair was as black as a bucket of tar

 Skin was as white as a cuttlefish bone

A sly grin and a bowl full of stars

 Like a kid who captures a firefly

 And leaves it only to die in the jar

 As I kick at the clouds at my hanging

 As I swing out over the crowd

 I will search every face for Lucinda's

 And she will go off with me down to hell

 I thought I'd broke loose of Lucinda

 The rain returned and so did the wind

 I cast this burden on the God that's within me

 I will leave this old world and go free Bmaj

 She wasn't that kind of girl

 Now I've fallen from grace for Lucinda

 Whoever thought that hell would be so cold

 I did well for an old tin can sailor

 But she wanted the bell in my soul

 I've spoken to God on the mountain

 And I've swam in the Irish sea

 I ate fire and drank from the Ganges

 And I'll beg there for mercy for me

 I thought I'd broke loose of Lucinda

 The rain returned and so did the wind

 I was standing outside the Whitehorse

 Oh but I was afraid to go in

 I heard someone pull the trigger

 Her breasts heaved in the moonlight again

 There was a smear of gold in the window

 And then I was the jewel of her sin

 They call me William The Pleaser

 I sold opium, fireworks and lead

 Now I'm telling my troubles to strangers

 When the shadows get long I'll be dead

 Now her hair was as black as a bucket of tar

 Skin was as white as a cuttlefish bone

 I left Texas to follow Lucinda

 Now I'll never see heaven or home

 No I'll never see heaven or home

 No I'll never see heaven or home