William's Last Words

Album: Journal For Plague Lovers (2009)
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  • Isn't it lovely, when the dawn brings the dew?
    I'll be watching over you
    Isn't it lovely, when the dawn brings the dew?
    I'll be watching over you

    Goodnight my sweetheart
    Until we leave tonight
    Hold me in your arms
    Wish me some luck as you wave goodbye to me

    You're the best friends I ever had
    Goodnight, sleep tight
    Goodnight, God bless
    Goodnight, nos da
    I'll try my best

    Isn't it lovely, when the dawn brings the dew?
    I'll be watching over you
    Isn't it lovely, when the dawn brings the dew
    I'll be watching over you

    I will be waiting all my cares are for you
    Dreams they leave and die
    I'm just gonna close my eyes, think about my family
    And shed a little tear

    Goodnight, sleep tight
    Goodnight, God bless
    Goodnight, nos da,
    I'll try my best

    Isn't it lovely, when the dawn brings the dew?
    I'll be watching over you
    Isn't it lovely, when the dawn brings the dew?
    I'll be watching over you

    Leave me, go Jesus
    I love you, yeah I love you
    Just let me go
    I even love the devil
    For yes he did me harm
    To keep me any longer
    'cause I'm really tired
    I'd love to go to sleep and wake up happy
    Yeah I'm really tired
    I'd love to go to sleep and wake up happy,
    Wake up happy. Writer/s: JAMES BRADFIELD, NICHOLAS JONES, RICHARD EDWARDS, SEAN MOORE
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Peter from Plymouth, United KingdomRichey often looked closely at why people act the way they do and I think this song is about the notorious gang leader Stanley Tookie Williams III who spent many years on death row. Over the years he gradually renounced his former life (some say to get out of execution by lethal injection) by "turning to Jesus" and setting up a group to help people involved in gang warfare who wanted to break free from hat way of life. Although Richey disappeared in 1995 and Williams was executed eventually in 2005, Williams spoke no words at his execution but just shed a tear
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