You got to bury, bury, bury your dyin' mother
Bury your dyin' mother in the ground, ground, ground
Because one day (one day) one day (one day)
One day she'll be singin' up in the sky, sky, sky
Well one day, your sister, (sister) one day your baby sister
One day your sister, she went to the river and drowned, drowned, drowned
But one day (one day) one day
One day she'll be dancin' up in the sky, sky, sky
Well your father, he was lonely, your father was a drunk and lonely
Your father was a drunk and lonely, said he had a terrible mouth
But one day, one day
He'll be dancin' with the devil down below
Between the prophet, and the Judas
There runs a river murky
There runs a river murky, said it's over ten miles wide
And we could meet out in the middle
And we could swim on up that river 'til we die, die, die
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