[Verse 1] Oh Death, I’ve seen your face before, At my daddy’s gate and my brother’s door, You don’t knock, you just walk right in, You don’t ask where, you don’t ask when. [Chorus] Oh Death, won’t you let me be, I got miles to walk and eyes to see, Take the old and take the worn, But leave this heart till the break of morn’. [Verse 2] Oh Death, I’ve felt your hand so near, Cold as the truth I’ve learned to fear, You sit beside when the fire burns low, And hum a tune that I half know. [Chorus] Oh Death, won’t you let me be, I got songs to sing and a soul to free, Take the tired, take the torn, But leave this breath till the break of morn’. [Bridge] You don’t rush, you never wait, You dance with time, you share its weight, And when you come, you don’t explain, You just take the body, leave the name. [Verse 3] Oh Death, I know you’ll call for me, When the river’s low and I can’t see, But till that day, I’ll walk the line, And keep this life as long as mine. [Final Chorus] Oh Death, when you come for me, Lay me down where the fields run free, Don’t take the fear, don’t take the pain, Just close my eyes and speak my name. [Outro] Oh Death… Old friend, old thief, I’ll meet you when the wind turns east.
