Hanged Man and Children Playing Under a Tree

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One, two, three, four
Children are playing outside the door
Under the oldest tree,
They run around happily

One played as the dinousaur
While chasing the others with a roar
They giggle and laugh
Their fun never went down half

I'm a hanged man from a six feet height
My weight pulls down the slipknot, tight
I'm cold, immobile and dead
Under this tree, I don't feel any dread

The children saw me hanging
At me, they just keep on laughing
They're innocent, knowing no fear
While singing songs that I couldn't hear

I'm a dead man hanging for days
Under this tree, I'm the one who stays
Children can go home at afternoon
While I rot here under the cold moon

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