Luyện nghe bài hát Sittin' Up with the Dead

Well out in the country we didn't have
and so it was customary
For the to do his job
and lay kin out there at home.

Well the would loan ya foldin' chairs
and you'd have and everything right there
and when the come you had to sit up with the dead
'cause it right to leave them alone.

The last time I sat up was '65 when my old arthritic Fred died
he was 97 and so stooped the morticians couldn't straighten him out.
They used used a loggin' chain to hold him
and covered that all up a cape and a gown
And didn't tell nobody in the
'cause that's the kind of thing folks don't want to know about

we were all sittin' there it was 3 in the mornin'
When there come up a cloud, a thunderin and stormin'
The lightnin' flashed and the clapped
and the chain old Uncle Fred went 'snap'
and rattled and fell to the floor a thump
and Uncle just sat right up.

Well I ain't sittin' up with the dead no more, I don't 'bout you
I ain't sittin' up with the dead no more no what ya say or do.
They say the dead can't hurt ya cause they left
but they left can sure make ya hurt yourself.
And I ain't sittin up with the dead no more the dead started sittin up too.

Well when Uncle Fred sat up so did everybody
and there came a great of the foldin chairs.
The preacher knocked me down, he said
"I'm headed out kitchen door over there."
I said "Rev that kitchen ain't got no in it"
He "Don't worry son, it will have in minute."
And I ain't seen so much jumpin' and shovin' before.

somebody stepped on the old cat's tail
it let out a scream, a screech, a
and to say the least that didn't help to calm the down.
Then the lightnin' flashed and house went black
and I spoke to my feets I said "Boys tracks"
and I went out that screen lickety split for town.

Well I cut through the cemetary, in a hole.
It was Uncle grave and it was dark and cold.
Well the town dug it and he dug it too deep
and unbeknownst to me he's still in asleep
and I'm jumpin' and trying to get out of that hole when he says
"Might as well over here and sit down beside me boy
'cause you ain't gettin' here tonight."
But I did.

And I ain't sittin up with the dead no more, I don't know you.
Well I ain't sittin' up with the dead no more no what ya say or do
say the dead can't hurt ya 'cause they already left
but what they left can sure make you yourself.
And I ain't sittin up with the dead no more the dead started sittin up too.

Wasn't no sense in sittin' up with Uncle Fred anyhow... Uncle Fred done gonna be sittin' up his OWN self.

Next time I'm just send flowers... yeah...