Pallbearer

Album: Punching Bag (2012)
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  • She left me in the darkness all alone
    She abandoned all the good times
    And the love I thought we had

    I'm like a lonesome pallbearer, walkin' down the aisle
    Travellin' to the graveyard, countin' down the miles
    With earth-filled shovel, they dig that eternal bed
    I'm like a lonesome pallbearer, carrying the dead
    Carrying the dead

    She don't call me and she don't try to
    And my praying can't bring her back
    My eyes are wide open watching my future fade to black

    I'm like a lonesome pallbearer, walkin' down the aisle
    Travellin' to the graveyard, countin' down the miles
    With earth-filled shovel, they dig that eternal bed
    I'm like a lonesome pallbearer, carrying the dead
    Carrying the dead

    I've pondered trading places with the man layin' in that herse
    I try to hold my head up but her leavin' is like a curse

    I'm like a lonesome pallbearer, walkin' down the aisle
    Travellin' to the graveyard, countin' down the miles
    With earth-filled shovel, they dig that eternal bed
    I'm like a lonesome pallbearer, carrying the dead
    Carrying the dead
    Carrying the dead Writer/s: JOSHUA O. TURNER
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Fayr from Southern Victoria, AustraliaGreat job on this song, thank you Josh.
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