Standard (EADGBE)

I died so many years ago,

But you can make me feel like it isn?t so.

Why you come to be with me I think I finally know.

Your scared, ashamed of what you feel,

But you can?t tell the ones you love, you know they couldn?t deal.

But whispering in a dead man?s ear doesn?t make it real.

That?s great, but I don?t want to play,

Because being with you touches me, more than I can say.

And since I?m only dead to you I?m saying stay away,

And let me rest in peace!

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Let me rest in peace! Let me get some sleep!

Let me take my love and bury it in a hole that?s 6 feet deep!

I can lay my body down but I can?t find my sweet release.

So let me rest in peace!

You know you?ve got a willing slave,

And you just love to play the part that you might misbehave.

Until you do I?m telling you stop visiting my grave,

And let me rest in peace!

I know I should go but I follow you like a man possessed.

There?s a traitor here beneath my breast and it hurts me more than you?ve ever guessed.

If my heart could beat it would break my chest, but I can see your unimpressed.

So leave me be and...

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