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Thread #16599   Message #356694
Posted By: Amergin
13-Dec-00 - 05:10 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Two Good Arms (Charlie King)
Subject: Lyr Add: TWO GOOD ARMS (Charlie King)
Well here's the lyrics:

TWO GOOD ARMS

Who will remember, the hands so white and fine
That touched the finest linen and poured the finest wine?
Who will remember, the gentle words they spoke
To name the lives of two good men, a nuisance or a joke

CHORUS

And all who know these two good arms
Know I have no need to rob or kill
I can live by my own two hands and live well
And all my life I have struggled
To rid the earth of all such crimes.

Who will remember Judge Webster Thayer
One hand on the gallows, the other resting on the chair?
Who will remember the hateful words he said
Speaking to the living in the language of the dead?

CHORUS

Who will remember the hand upon the switch
That took the lives of two good men
In the service of the rich?
Who will remember the one who gave the nod
Or the chaplain standing near at the the hand
To invoke the name of God?