Hang Me High

Oh

Oh

Oh

Oh

Hang me high

Hang me high

Set me up with the bells in the tower

And beat them hour after hour (Hang me high)

To the bonds that seal your lips

Intone a penance as you slip

Into another night of bleeding flowers

And in that final sinful moment

Were you just seeking love, so tender?

Hang me high

Oh

Oh

Does loathsome loss become a gain?

Empires stagger onwards no fame

The voice of love grows out

Exaltation, exaltation

Oh

Oh

Take this rainbow and bury it deep

Take this serpent, put it to sleep

Take these words that burn to keep

Take this sow and reap

Oh, hang me high

That body burnin', throw it away (Hang me high)

With the ashes of some fallen saint

With some forgotten martyr to weep over

Take me, take me and sleep, take me, keep some

Do not weep

Do not weep

Oh

Oh (Hang me high)

Oh (Hang me high) oh