Bury Me Not-The Residents

[ti:Bury Me Not] [ar:The Residents] [al:Cube E Live Vol. 1] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Bury Me Not - The Residents [00:23.26]"Oh bury me not on the lone prairie" [00:26.56] [00:27.97]These words came slow and mournfully [00:31.18] [00:33.00]From the bleeding lips of the youth who lay [00:37.11] [00:38.16]On his dying bed at the close of day [00:41.96] [00:47.66]He moaned in pain while over his head [00:51.94] [00:52.57]The shadows of death grew thick like lead [00:55.38]He thought of his home and family that night [00:59.23] [01:00.36]As the cowboys gathered to watch him die [01:05.30] [01:08.77]"Oh bury me not on the lone prairie [01:11.85] [01:13.42]Where the wild coyotes howl over me [01:17.13] [01:18.21]In a narrow grave just six by three [01:22.65] [01:23.33]Oh bury me not on the lone prairie" [01:27.37] [01:30.66]"In dreams I've listened to the well-known words [01:33.99] [01:35.18]Of the wild prairie winds and the songs of birds [01:39.35] [01:40.25]I think of the table where my mama put flowers [01:44.38] [01:45.49]And the scenes I loved in those long lost hours" [01:49.46] [01:52.67]"It matters not I've often been told [01:56.25] [01:57.56]Where the body lies when the heart grows cold [02:01.58] [02:02.49]Oh grant oh grant this wish to me [02:06.07] [02:07.51]And bury me not on the lone prairie" [02:11.45] [02:15.47]"I've always wished to be laid when I died [02:19.48] [02:20.52]In a little churchyard on the green hillside [02:24.24] [02:25.75]By my mama's grave please let mine be [02:29.98] [02:30.70]And bury me not on the lone prairie" [02:34.65] [02:38.69]"Oh bury me not" and his voice stopped there [02:42.89] [02:45.41]But we took no heed of his dying prayer [02:47.48] [02:49.29]In a narrow grave just six by three [02:52.37] [02:54.07]We buried him there on the lone prairie