The Ballad Of Casey Deiss - Shawn Phillips

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[Intro]

       (x4)

[Verse 1]

           
T'was a man of

          
 youthful feat

ures
             
T'was a boy of

          
 sorrowful eye

s
             
Watching out b

            
ut looking inw


ard
             
Tall and state

             
ly and full of

  
 life

[Instrumental]

      (x2)

[Verse 2]

             
In his life, h

          
e spoke but ra

rely
             
In his mind he

          
 cried for lig

ht
             
Painting perce

             
ptions trying 

    
to capture
              
That which he 

            
saw in his que

           
stioning strif

e

[Instrumental]

      (x2)

[Verse 3]

             
Once in Lisbon

            
, twice in Lon


don
             
Travelling aro

             
und for all of

      
 his time
             
Looking for an

             
d finding a go


ddess
             
He took Diana 

          
to be his wife

[Instrumental]

      (x2)

[Verse 4]

             
Of the childre

            
n, they'd bego


tten
             
Two had died w

             
ithout knowing

  
 life
             
And the third 

            
I know not whe


reof
             
But if she liv

              
es, she will y

      
et be kind

[Instrumental]

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[Verse 5]

             
Casey had a ma

             
rk of simple v


alue
             
He had a star 

            
between his ey


es
             
In his hands h

          
e held an axe 

blade
             
The Greek symb

             
ol of thunder 

     
and fire

[Instrumental]

      (x2)

[Verse 6]

             
On a night whe

             
n the heavens 

       
were crying
             
He went out an

            
d took his bla


de
             
Chopping wood 

             
to warm his he


arthside
              
The lightning 

             
came and my br

       
other died

[Instrumental]

      (x4)

[Verse 7]

              
Bring him no w

            
ine from faraw

     
ay vineyards
              
Tell him no ta

            
les of the can

       
yon's might
              
But wish him p

            
eace and etern

    
al wisdom
             
For he has die

             
d and he died 

     
in light

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