Ray Stevens - Sittin' Up With The Dead Edit

And covered that all up with a cape and a gown

And didn't tell nobody in the family

And I ain't never seen so much jumpin' and shovin' before.

And I ain't sittin up with the dead no more since the dead started sittin up too.

And I ain't sittin up with the dead no more since the dead started sittin up too.

And I ain't sittin up with the dead no more, I don't know about you.

And I spoke to my feets I said "Boys make tracks"

And I went out that screen door lickety split for town.

And I'm jumpin' and scratchin' trying to get out of that hole when he says

And lay your kin out there at home.

And rattled and fell to the floor with a thump

And so it was always customary

And the chain 'round old Uncle Fred went 'snap'

And there came a great partin' of the foldin chairs.

And to say the least that didn't help to calm the situation down.

And unbeknownst to me he's still in there asleep

And Uncle Fred just sat right up.

And when the nighttime come you had to sit up with the dead

And you'd have visitation and everything right there

But I did.

But what they left can sure make ya hurt yourself.

But what they left can sure make you hurt yourself.

For the undertaker to do his job

He was 97 and so stooped over the morticians couldn't straighten him out.

I ain't sittin' up with the dead no more no matter what ya say or do.

I said "Rev that kitchen ain't got no door in it"

It let out a scream, a screech, a wail

It was Uncle Fred's grave and it was dark and cold.

Next time I'm just gonna send flowers... yeah...

SPOKEN:

The last time I sat up was '65 when my old arthritic Uncle Fred died

The lightnin' flashed and the thunder clapped

The preacher nearly knocked me down, he said

Then somebody stepped on the old cat's tail

Then the lightnin' flashed and that house went black

They say the dead can't hurt ya 'cause they already left

They say the dead can't hurt ya cause they already left

They used used a loggin' chain to hold him down

Wasn't no sense in sittin' up with Uncle Fred anyhow... Uncle Fred done gonna be sittin' up with his OWN self.

Well I ain't sittin' up with the dead no more no matter what ya say or do

Well I ain't sittin' up with the dead no more, I don't know 'bout you

Well I cut through the cemetary, fell in a hole.

Well out in the country we didn't have mortuaries

Well the church would loan ya foldin' chairs

Well the town drunk dug it and he dug it too deep

Well we were all sittin' there it was 3 in the mornin'

Well when Uncle Fred sat up so did everybody there

When there come up a cloud, a thunderin lightnin' and stormin'

'cause it wasn't right to leave them alone.

'cause that's the kind of thing folks just don't want to know about

'cause you ain't gettin' outa here tonight."

"I'm headed out that kitchen door over there."

"Might as well come over here and sit down beside me boy