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Based on the W.H. Auden poem "Victor." The lyrics I added here vary a bit from the recorded version due to revision drift. Pick the ones you like best.

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Victor Kill

It was in November
Victor turned nineteen
His Bible marked at Jezebel
His cuff and collar always clean

Coy as a schoolgirl
Fiery Anna came
Her swinging hips and saltiness
Set his virgin blood aflame

Burn, burn, burn

"Marry me," he said;
She laughed and shook her head.
But when the frosty mirror frowned.
"I should settle down," she said.

April they were married.
She said, "Kiss me, boy."
He held her in his trembling arms,
"Anna, you're my only joy."

Burn, burn, burn

I am to return
I am you will learn
I am love'll burn, burn, burn

It happened in December
The door was left ajar
The clerks were talking loud
"I had her in her husband's car."
Frozen like a statue
Victor stood and heard
Images of all the ways
She lay back and broke her word

Burn, burn, burn
I am to return
I am you will learn
I am love'll burn, burn, burn
I am to return
I am you will learn
I am love'll burn, burn, burn

Slowly he wandered
Barefoot though the snow
"Father, has she love for me?"
The mountaintop answered, "No."
"No," said the forest,
"No, she never will."
"What can I do? What shall I do?"
The river said, "Victor, kill."

I am to return
I am you will learn
I am love'll burn, burn, burn
I am to return
I am you will learn
I am love'll burn, burn, burn

Burn, burn, burn
Burn, burn, burn
Burn, burn, burn

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from Cradle and Crow, released January 1, 2016
By Christopher Thomas Elliott

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