[Music by Hank Shermann Lyrics by King Diamond]
Do you remember the bridge?
The bridge that was standing in ruin
Do
you remember the sign?
Demons and witches were doing
They say it's a bad place
They say it's a magic place
Deep down
under
The soil of this unholy land
Deep down under
The roots of a tree they have damned
It's the Old Oak Hanging
Tree
It's the Old Oak Hanging Tree
[Solo: Shermann]
Nothing will grow in the ground
The Old Oak is killing it
all
If you are ever around
Beware of the Oak and its charm
It's the Old Oak Hanging Tree
It's the Old Oak Hanging
Tree
The Old Oak might make you blind
The Old Oak might trick your eyes
Hypnotized.....
It's a bad sign
When the
Autumn comes and the leaves are gone
Oh it's a bad sign
The Oak must feed in order to breed
Bad sign....... Bad sign
It's a
bad sign when the Autumn comes
And the leaves are gone
It's a nightmare found
I wonder... what made this magic tree
so
[Solo: Shermann]
[Solo: Denner]
Hang with me, hang with the hangman
Another season in another century
Hang with
me, hang with the hangman
Blood from the madmen we hung in that tree
Blood to the ground
Blood to the roots.... Red
All
around the Old Oak
Deep into the ground they buried them
Indians of ancient times
Saw it as a holy shrine
Can you believe,
sacrificing their own
Must have been a mighty GOD
To receive a gift of life
All the people must have known
Happiness would
come if sown
Can you believe, sacrificing their own
[Solo: Denner]
The Old Oak might make you blind
The Old Oak
might trick your eyes
Hypnotized.....
[Solo: Shermann]
No! Don't hang with me
As I go back to the Old Oak
tree