Luyện nghe bài hát Sittin' Up with the Dead

Well out in the country we have mortuaries
and so it was always
For the to do his job
and lay kin out there at home.

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

The last I sat up was '65 when my old arthritic Uncle Fred died
he was 97 and so over the morticians couldn't straighten him out.
They used used a loggin' chain to him down
and covered that all up with a cape and a
And didn't tell in the family
'cause that's the kind of thing folks just want to know about

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

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

Well when Uncle Fred sat up so did there
and there a great partin' of the foldin chairs.
The preacher nearly knocked me down, he
"I'm headed out that kitchen door there."
I said "Rev that kitchen ain't got no in it"
He said "Don't worry son, it have in minute."
And I never seen so much jumpin' and shovin' before.

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

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

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