Graveyard Blues
Edward Upward
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Scrabble round the gravel and the dirt Dashing round the graves for all I'm worth Filling up my can from the old stand-pipe In purgatory we have such a thirst 'Cus I am the freshest underground It falls to me to get in all the rounds Praying for the death of the old or young To free me from this job to which I'm bound Yeah, I'm working the graveyard now Yeah, I'm working the graveyard now What ever happened to my Rest In Peace? The cries of the corpses never cease Pointing to their mouths as their jaw bones gape Begging for their water on their knees No sooner have I finished with the last The thirst is back upon the first Never ending plight til the morning light Willing for the day to bring a hearse Yeah, I'm working the graveyard now Yeah, I'm working the graveyard now Yeah, an' nobody packed my shoes Yeah, I'm working the graveyard Working the graveyard now! An' all I get is... Slake my thirst! Slake my thirst! Slake my thirst! Yeah, all I get is... Slake my thirst! Slake my thirst! Slake my thirst! Old man Stonley, 73 Hit by a branch from the lightning tree Pat O'Malley, 41 Stung by a bee on his sticky bun Sergeant Meenan, 52 Stabbed through the heart by the Reilly Crew Mickey Reilly, 24 Found in a heap by his own front door Lisa Brody, you know what she did? She opened her wrists with an old tin lid I heard a rumour the farmer's son Just put a hole in his head with his own bolt gun... Amen!
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