We Six Remained (from Getting Me Back)

If I should die before I wake…

Run little hamster,

I pray the Lord my soul to take

run as fast as you can.

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Sister, did you see the man,

the one with the bloody stone?

Brother did you feel the pain,

when the bullet hit the bone?

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Cousin did you smell the smoke,

did you lie so still and quiet?

Uncle did you hear him choke

as the flames rolled over Zion?

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Father could you hear their screams,

do they haunt you late at night?

Mother did you see their dreams

before the dreadful plight?

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A precious linctus to make me feel

Another to help me sleep

And if God can hear a dead man’s prayers,

I pray my soul to keep.

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Now I lay me down to rest

among the torn and drained

where millions died beneath the crest

yet, we six remained.