I came to town to search for goldAnd I brought with me a memoryAnd I seem to hear the night wind cry,"Go hang your dreams on the hangin' treeYour dreams of love that could never beHang your faded dreams on the hangin' tree!"I searched tor gold and I found my goldAnd I found a girl who loved just meAnd I wished that I could love her tooBut I'd left my heart on the hangin' treeI'd left my heart with a memoryAnd a faded dream on the hangin' tree.Now there were men who craved my goldAnd meant to take my gold from meWhen a man is gone he needs no goldSo they carried me to the hangin' treeTo join my dreams and a memoryYes they carried me to the hangin' tree.To really live you must almost dieAnd it happened just that way with meThey took the gold and set me freeAnd I walked away from the hangin' treeI walked away from the hangin' treeAnd my own true love, she walked with me!That's when I knew that the hangin' treeWas a tree of life, new life for meA tree of hope, new hope for meA tree of love, new love tor meThe hangin' tree, the hangin' tree, the hangin' tree!
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