The '59 Sound

Well I wonder which song they're gonna play when we go

I hope it's something quiet and minor and peaceful and slow

When we float out into the ether into the everlasting arms

I hope we don't hear Marley's chains we forged in life

'Cause the chains I've been hearin' now for most of my life

And the chains I've been hearin' now for most of my life

Did you hear the '59 sound

Coming through on Grandmama's radio?

Did you hear the rattlin' chains

In the hospital walls?

Did you hear the old gospel choir

When they came to carry you over?

Did you hear your favorite song

One last time?

And I wonder, were you scared when the metal hit the glass?

See I was playing a show down the road when your spirit left your body

And they told me on the front lawn, I'm sorry I couldn't go

But I still know the song and the words and her name and the reasons

And I know 'cause we were kids and we used to hang

And I know 'cause we were kids and we used to hang

Did you hear the '59 sound

Coming through on Grandmama's radio?

Did you hear the rattlin' chains

In the hospital walls?

Did you hear the old gospel choir

When they came to carry you over?

Did you hear your favorite song

One last time?

Young boys, young girls

Young boys, young girls

Ain't supposed to die on a Saturday night

Ain't supposed to die on a Saturday night

Well they ain't supposed to die on a Saturday night

Ain't supposed to die on a Saturday night

Did you hear the '59 sound

Coming through on Grandmama's radio?

Did you hear the rattlin' chains

In the hospital walls?

Did you hear the old gospel choir

When they came to carry you over?

Did you hear your favorite song

One last time?

Young boys, young girls

Young boys, young girls