Truck Driver-Sun Kil Moon

[ti:Truck Driver] [ar:Sun Kil Moon] [al:Benji] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Truck Driver - Sun Kil Moon [00:08.53]My uncle died in a fire on his birthday [00:15.83]Redneck that he was [00:19.02]Burning trash in the yard one day [00:24.79]On the pile he threw an aerosol can of spray [00:31.36]And that's how he died in the fire that day [00:39.61]Before he retired he was a truck driver [00:45.94]He'd be gone through the winters [00:49.04]And all through the summers [00:54.35]In the winters us kids would order Dominoes [00:58.59]And watch Happy Days [01:02.28]And in the summer we get frogs [01:05.78]At the pond and fry up their legs [01:12.34]My aunt still lives there out in Ohio [01:19.53]I visit her and the autumn air [01:23.43]She makes me smile [01:26.96]We remember the story of [01:30.83]When I was young [01:34.58]Getting stung by a hornet [01:36.88]She caressed my foot [01:39.63]Rubbed bacon and powder on it [01:42.26]I was probably five at their home in Nevarn [01:49.04]My cousin's friend was in the yard playing guitar [01:58.47]We all gathered round [02:00.68]Listened to her play and sing [02:04.99]And I fell into a trance [02:07.15]And knew that one day [02:08.79]I'd do the same thing [02:10.08] [02:12.98]My uncle died in a fire on his birthday [02:20.21]Out by the barn in his old collection of cars [02:29.50]Third degree burns [02:31.83]A charred up shovel near his hand [02:36.34]My uncle died a respected man [02:44.36]I flew out there I went to his funeral [02:52.18]It was stormy that day [02:55.91]The sky was deep purple [02:59.78]And babies were crying [03:03.70]Kentucky Fried Chicken was served [03:07.04]And that's how he would have wanted it I'm sure [03:14.35]And after the funeral out there in Nevarn [03:20.22] [03:22.06]They all gathered round when I picked up a guitar [03:31.49]They fell into a trance as I sang and I played [03:39.29]And outside the frost grew [03:42.41]And the mantises prayed and prayed