[00:00.08]Ballad of Forty Dollars In the Style of Tom T Hall) Vocal Version) - Singer's Edge Karaoke
[00:06.44]The man who preached the funeral
[00:08.12]Said it really was a simple way to die
[00:15.01]He laid down to rest one afternoon
[00:17.36]And never opened up his eyes
[00:23.38]They hired me and fred and joe
[00:25.30]To dig the grave and carry up some chairs
[00:31.46]It took us seven hours
[00:33.26]And i guess we must've drunk a case of beer
[00:39.84]I guess i ought to go and watch them put him down
[00:42.94]But i don't own a suit
[00:48.12]And anyway when they start talkin about
[00:50.66]The fire in hell well i get spooked
[00:56.52]So i'll just sit here in my truck
[00:58.55]And act like i don't know him when they pass
[01:05.17]Anyway when they're all through
[01:06.78]I've got to go to work and mow the grass
[01:13.24]Well here they come and who's that
[01:14.98]Ridin in that big ol shiny limousine
[01:21.48]Look at all that chrome i do believe
[01:23.95]That that's the sharpest thing i've seen
[01:29.87]That must belong to his great uncle
[01:32.08]Someone said he owned a big ol farm
[01:38.18]When they get parked i'll mosey down
[01:40.31]And look it over that won't do no harm
[01:46.74]Well that must be the widow in the car
[01:49.18]And would you take a look at that
[01:55.17]That sure is a pretty dress
[01:56.93]You know some women do look good in black
[02:03.29]Well he's not even in the ground
[02:05.37]And they say that his truck is up for sale
[02:11.58]They say she took it pretty hard
[02:13.74]But you can't tell too much behind the veil
[02:20.02]Well listen ain't that pretty
[02:21.70]When the bugler plays the military taps
[02:28.31]I think that when you's in the war
[02:30.31]They always hide n play a song like that
[02:36.72]Well here i am and there they go
[02:38.69]And i guess you'd just call it my bad luck
[02:44.99]I hope he rests in peace the trouble is
[02:47.51]The fellow owes me forty bucks