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Rake At the Gates of Hell
Shane MacGowan and the Popes
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I'll be there when you're awake or dreaming
I'll be there when awake you're screaming
The air of death that I will nurse them
Have them moaning, Murray cursing
Watch the maggots crawl out of them
Hear the angels call above them
Watch them as the cold earth sucks them
Down to hell, good night, good luck then
When you sure escape and folk me
I'm begging the sheep till they trust me
Drag them down to be there with me
Laugh at them when they forgive me
Mara's eyes are sparkling diamond
Still the moon shows no light
This rose is withered, may God deliver
The rake at the gates of hell tonight
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Wish to thank you and welcome
Bring her on the earth alone and fettered
Till they beg for consolation
Till they beg for sweet damnation
Then I'll come and bring them water
Bring them hope, bring them laughter
Raise their spirits so sadly sunken
Slash them up till they lie there drunken
Push them down into the foul mud
Till they choke up on their own blood
Pull them out for further last breath
To take away the mercy of death
Mara's eyes are sparkling diamond
Still the moon shows no light
This rose is withered, may God deliver
The rake at the gates of hell tonight
Mara's eyes are sparkling diamond
Still the moon shows no light
This rose is withered, may God deliver
The rake at the gates of hell tonight
Mara's eyes are sparkling diamond
Still the moon shows no light
This rose is withered, may God deliver
The rake at the gates of hell tonight
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