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Blood on Your Hands

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Blood on Your Hands Lyrics

There's blood on your hands,
Baby, baby,
There's blood on your hands,
Mama's gonna get even with you
Mama's gonna get you back,
When all the blood's washed over you mama,
Will never forget.
Mama loves you too much, baby.
Mama loves you too much to cry
Mama loves her darling boy.
She'll hold you close in her arms.
Mama's gonna wash his sweet body,
Mama loves you too much to cry.
Mama loves you too much, baby.
Mama loves you too much to cry.

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jt On Apr 22, 2001

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Mellow_Harsher

2012-12-16 17:45:03

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by Cynothoglys

20y ago

Ends with some lyrics made up mostly of the word "no".

Kind of a Deep South lullaby with a homocidal twist.

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