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Mel Tillis - Ballad Of Forty Dollars Lyrics

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  • The man who preached the funeral said it really was a simple way to die
  • He laied to rest one afternoon and never opened up his eyes
  • They hired me and Fred and Joe to dig the grave and carry up some chairs
  • It took us seven hours and I guess we must've drunk a case of beer
  • I guess I oughta go and watch them put him down but I don't own the suit
  • And anyway when they start talkin' about the fire and hell well I get spooked
  • So I'll just sit here in my truck and act like I don't know him when they pass
  • Anyway when they're all through I've got to go to work and mow the grass
  • Here they come and who's that ridin' in that big ole shiny limousine
  • Look at all that chrome I do believe that's the sharpest thing I've seen
  • That must belong to his rich Uncle someone said he owned a big ole farm
  • When they get parked I'll mosey down and look it over that won't do no harm
  • Well that must be the widow in the car and would you take a look at that
  • That sure is a pretty dress you know some women do look good in black
  • He's not even in the ground and they say that his track is up for sale
  • They say she took it pretty hard but you can't tell too much behind a veil
  • Listen ain't that pretty when the bugler plays the military taps
  • I think that when you's in the war they always hired and played a song like that
  • Well here I am and there they go and I guess you'd just call it my bad luck
  • I hope he'll rest in peace but trouble is that fellow owes me forty bucks

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