Up In The Graveyard lyrics
Song information
Artist: The Walkabouts Album: Setting The Woods On Fire
Lyrics
The graveyard sits by the prescott mill Where my old man lost his arm And for that I was ready to kill But he just looked tired And said: "don't bury me near that place."
When he finally died I was in the desert war But no one makes a funeral wait So they dressed him up in his wedding clothes And buried him by the mill In the place he said he'd never stay
All you gotta do, is look around You can change the darkness Into somethin' proud But up in the graveyard Some things never change
Came back stateside Tried to set things right Drove out to the graveyard Underneath a half-moon sky With a pick and a shovel I started turning over stones
Just past midnight I got cornered by some lights Two sirens howlin' Patrol cars coming down from both sides The sheriff put on the handcuffs Said: "a night in jail will cool your head."
All you gotta do, is look around You can change the darkness Into somethin' proud But up in the graveyard Some things never change
Now he still lies 'neath the mill fire smoke A good man to his well-made bed Another ten, just ready to go But the ground there don't rest easy 'Cause he won't let it rest that way
You can bury deep, but you won't forget A heart will never leave you alone Even if you want to be left Up in the graveyard Where some things never change
All you gotta do, is look around You can change the darkness Into somethin' proud But up in the graveyard Some things never change
Some things never change. x3
[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]
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