Regis - Three Can Keep a Secret (If Two of Them are Dead)

from SpinTunes 19 Round 1 by Spintunes

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After waffling between a couple different approaches (My secret is so secret even I don't know it? The secret ingredient is PEOPLE (which I already did for FAWM in 2021, dangit)? She's got literal skeletons in her closet, and I'm going to be next?), I landed on the combination of: three conspirators meeting at midnight, a nugget of sage advice from Ben Franklin, a dash of Polaris, and maybe too many guitar tracks (does such a thing exist? I suspect that while the judges may have their opinions, in the end nobody knows, nobody knows).

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This is the time, here is the place that we agreed upon
Our horrid deed is done (nobody knows, nobody knows)
The evidence destroyed, we three have withdrawn
They will not find a smoking gun

As long as we can hold our tongues we’ve nothing to fear

‘Cause three can keep a secret
Like the wise man said
Three can keep a secret
…If two of them are dead

My weary brothers looking ragged in the night
It’s time to go our separate ways (nobody knows, nobody knows)
Now in your eyes I see a new malicious light
Our solidarity has been betrayed

If I can keep you quiet, then I am in the clear

‘Cause three can keep a secret
There’s nothing to dread
Three can keep a secret
…If two of them are dead

If my soul’s already damned, I’m fine with your blood on my hands
If it was your blade at my throat, would you indulge a tear?

Yes three can keep a secret
Like the wise man said
Three can keep a secret
…If two of them are dead

When we swore to take this to the grave, we were sincere

Three can keep a secret
There’s nothing to dread
Because three can keep a secret
…If two of them are dead
(Nobody knows, nobody knows)
…If two of them are dead
(Nobody knows, nobody knows)
…If two of them are dead

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from SpinTunes 19 Round 1, released March 21, 2022

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