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Modem Butterfly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 03:23 PM
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All I can think of is Johnny Cash's "When the Man Comes Around"
And I heard as it were the noise of thunder
One of the four beasts saying come and see and I saw
And behold a white horse

There's a man going around taking names and he decides
Who to free and who to blame every body won't be treated
Quite the same there will be a golden ladder reaching down
When the man comes around

The hairs on your arm will stand up at the terror in each
Sip and each sup will you partake of that last offered cup
Or disappear into the potter's ground
When the man comes around
CHOURS
Hear the trumpets hear the pipers one hundred million angels singing
Multitudes are marching to a big kettledrum
Voices calling and voices crying
Some are born and some are dying
Its alpha and omegas kingdom come
And the whirlwind is in the thorn trees
The virgins are all trimming their wicks
The whirlwind is in the thorn trees
It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks
Till Armageddon no shalam no shalom

Then the father hen will call his chicken's home
The wise man will bow down before the thorn and at his feet
They will cast the golden crowns
When the man comes around

Whoever is unjust let him be unjust still
Whoever is righteous let him be righteous still
Whoever is filthy let him be filthy still
Listen to the words long written down
When the man comes around
CHOURS
Hear the trumpets hear the pipers one hundred million angels singing
Multitudes are marching to a big kettledrum
Voices calling and voices crying
Some are born and some are dying
Its alpha and omegas kingdom come
And the whirlwind is in the thorn trees
The virgins are all trimming their wicks
The whirlwind is in the thorn trees
It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks
In measured hundred weight and penny pound
When the man comes around
Close (Spoken part)
And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts
And I looked and behold, a pale horse
And it's name it said on him was Death
And Hell followed with him.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 03:24 PM
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1. Spooky...that's the last song I listened to before opening up DU just now
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VOX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 03:28 PM
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2. Cash's last original song -- and it packs a helluva wallop. n/t
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Modem Butterfly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 03:30 PM
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3. I'm a horror movie fan
That song was used over the credits of 2004's Dawn of the Dead. VERY effectively, I might add. I'm an atheist, but yeah, that's a damn good song. Pun FULLY intended! :evilgrin:
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 03:36 PM
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4. I'd have figured "Three Feet High and Risin' " would be more apropos n/t
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Modem Butterfly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 03:38 PM
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5. Maybe a little TOO apropos
Along with "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy" and "Rolling on the River".
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 03:47 PM
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6. And also "Big River."
Johnny Cash sure loves his "that thar river's a-floodin'" songs.
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Coyote_Bandit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 04:10 PM
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7. I keep hearing
him asking "how high's the water mamma?"

God bless Johnny cash.
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