“Some say once gone you're gone forever
And some say you're going to come back.
Some say you rest in the arms of the Saviour
If in sinful ways you lack.
Some say that they're coming back in a garden,
Bunch of carrots and little sweet peas.
I think I'll just let the mystery be.”

— Iris DeMent

Let the Mystery Be
Song lyrics, Infamous Angel (1992)

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American singer and songwriter 1961

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