9. See You At The Funeral - Tim O'Brien

See You At At The Funeral
Songwriter : Tim O’Brien
No Bad Ham Music / Admin by Bluewater Music / ASCAP


Some folks look at a stretch of road, think someday I’d like to go
Me and my family that’s all we know, that’s how it’s always been
Week after Easter we pack the truck, the trailer, the mules, the tents and such
Mama and the girls all wish us luck, say we’ll see you at the funeral

Down on Carny Street we’ll circle the wagons ‘round
Build a fire, set up the tent and stake the horses down
Bury the old ones, marry the young, laugh and cry and catch up some
Takes about a week to get it all done , we’ll see you at the funeral

Now it’s comin’ up first of May, all us Sherlocks headin’ up Nashville way
Just after Christmas she passed away, grandma was a hundred one
Shiela’s promised to Mickey Horan, I’ll give her away on Thursday morn
Next year this time be a baby born, we’ll see him at the funeral

Down on Carny Street we’ll circle the wagons ‘round
Build a fire, set up the tent and stake the horses down
Bury the old ones, marry the young, laugh and cry and catch up some
Takes about a week to get ‘er all done, we’ll see you at the funeral

Farmer’s mule’s too old to plow, I’ll trade him for a young mule now
He’ll give me cash and I’ll turn it around, sell his old nag down in town
A trader’s life is free as a dream, but cheap Ford tractors and gasoline
They’re shrinkin’ it down from full to lean, but we’ll see you at the funeral

Down on Carny Street we’ll circle the wagons ‘round
Build a fire, set up the tent and stake the horses down
Bury the old ones, marry the young, laugh and cry and catch up some
Takes about a week to get it all done, we’ll see you at the funeral