ASSASSIN'S ROAD
by Mark Kinney  5 November 2001
ttto "Spancil Hill"

One night a man sat with his son, a terrible task at hand
A choice only the child could make before they made their stand
Executioner for the Shogun, a post the Yagyu would hold 
So the father now follows Meifumado, and walks the assassin's road

I know that you don't understand, but a choice is yours to make
Your father's blood within you will choose what path you take
Your father stands against the foe and neither might survive
So now I follow the way of the six paths and the four lives

On this side, the dotanuki battle sword I wield
Choose the blade and wander with your father far afield
The path of Meifumado, of slaughter, death, and blood
To fight the Yagyu intrigues wherever they have stood

On this side, you see the ball you've played with your few years
Choose the ball and choose to go on in a life of tears
Shed for a mother lost to a Yagyu assassin's blade
I'll send you on to be with her, and spare you the life I've made

Not long after this was done went Ogami Itto
He won by righteous force in duel the chance to leave Edo
Child in cart before him, both follow in the code
Sword for hire, Lone Wolf and Cub, walking the assassin's road