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Conversations With Death - Hazel Dickens, David Patrick Kelly & Bobby McMillen lyrics
This is the most common version.
To hear an example of how it was sung, listen to "Conversation with Death" by KassurinReiChan on youtube.com
She does an excelent job at singing with a few altered lines that make it even more haunting.
What is this I cannot see
Icy hands take hold on me
I am death and none can tell
I open the door to heaven and hell
Death oh death how can it be
That I must come and go with thee
Death oh death how can it be
Im unprepared for eternity
Ive come for to get your soul
Take your body and leave it cold
Ill drop the flesh from ofn your frame
The earth and worms both have their claim
Oh death oh death please give me time
To fix my heart and change my mind
Your mind is fixed
Your heart is bound
Ive got the shackles to drag you down
Ill lock your jaw so you cant talk
Ill lock your knees so you cant walk
Ill close your eyes so you cant see
Come with me
I am a man of constant sorrow
Ive seen troubles all my days
Mother, Mother come to my bed
Put a cold towel upon me head
My head is warm my feet is cold
Death put his shackles on my soul
Death take your shackles from my soul
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As heard in the movie:
Oh what is this I cannot see
Whose icy hands take hold on me
Oh I am death that none can excel
I open the door to heaven and hell
Oh Death oh Death how can it be
That I must come and go with thee
Death oh death how can it be
‘Cause I’m unprepared for eternity
Oh yes I’ve come for to get your soul
Take your body and leave it cold
I'll drop the flesh from off’n your frame
The earth and worms both have their claim
Oh Death oh Death please let me see
If Christ has turned his back on me
When you were called and asked to bow
You wouldn’t take heed
And it’s too late now
Oh Death oh Death please give me time
To fix my heart and change my mind
Your mind is fixed
Your heart is bound
And I have the shackles to drag you down
Farewell, farewell
To all farewell
My doom is fixed
I’m summoned to hell
As long as God
In heaven shall dwell
My soul my soul shall scream in hell
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