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 your kin out at home.

Well the church would ya foldin' chairs
and you'd have visitation and everything there
and when the nighttime come you had to sit up the dead
'cause it wasn't right to leave alone.

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

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

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

Well when Fred sat up so did everybody there
and there came a great partin' of the chairs.
The preacher nearly me down, he said
"I'm headed out that kitchen door there."
I said "Rev kitchen ain't got no door in it"
He said "Don't 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 didn't help to calm the situation down.
the lightnin' flashed and that house went black
and I spoke to my feets I said "Boys tracks"
and I went out that screen door lickety for town.

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

And I ain't sittin up the dead no more, I don't know about you.
I ain't sittin' up with the dead no more no matter what ya say or do
They say the dead can't hurt ya 'cause they left
but they left can sure make you hurt 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 anyhow... Uncle Fred done gonna be sittin' up with his OWN self.

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