The Territory Lyrics

When love came to the territories

Thirty-five men killed twenty-seven

In self-defense

When death came to the territories

No one knew as much about it

As the doctor and the fence

Thirty-five men who used to be soldiers

Wouldn't speak of love till autumn at least

While twenty-seven dead who used to be men

Were buried along with their beasts

Oh, it passed me by! Love, it passed me by

Oh, it passed me by! Love, it passed me by

Oh, in the territory

Oh, in the territory

The year love came to the territories

I was almost ten

But the year love passed the territories

It left me like a postman

Oh, it passed me by! Love, it passed me by

Oh, it passed me by! Love, it passed me by

Oh, in the territory

Oh, in the territory

Several days I thought love had come for me

But it was just me being ten

Then several years I thought death had come for me

That was just my mindset then

Oh, it passed me by! Love, it passed me by

Oh, it passed me by! Love, it passed me by

Some men said love would visit again

Cursing their neighbors' wives

And some men said death would visit again

And bundled up their lives

Oh, it passed me by! Love, it passed me by

Oh, it passed me by! Love, it passed me by

Oh, it passed me by! Love, it passed me by

Oh, it passed me by! Love, it passed me by

Oh, in the territory

Oh, in the territory