The other day they waited, the sky was dark and faded
Solemnly they stated, "He has to die, you know he has to die."
All the children learnin', from books that they were burnin'
Every leaf was turnin', to watch him die, you know he had to die

The summer sun looked down on him
His mother could but frown on him
And all the other sound on him
He had to die, you know he had to die

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