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Ballad Of Forty Dollars
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Conway Twitty
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The man who preached the funeral
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Said it really was a simple way to die
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He laid down to rest one afternoon
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And never opened up his eyes
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They hired me and Fred and Joe
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To dig the grave and carry up some chairs
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It took us seven hours and
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I guess we must have drunk a case of beer
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I guess I oughta go and watch 'em
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Put him down but I don't own the suit
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And anyway when they start talkin'
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'Bout the fire and hell, well I get spooked
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So I'll just sit here in my truck
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And act like I don't know him when they pass
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And anyway when they're all through
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I've got to go to work and mow the grass
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Well, here they come and who's that ridin'
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In that big ole shiny limousine
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Hmm, look at all that chrome
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I do believe that that's the sharpest thing I've seen
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That must belong to his great uncle
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Someone said he owned a big ole farm
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When they get parked I'll mosey down
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And look it over that won't do no harm
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Well, that must be the widow in the car
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And would you take a look at that
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That sure is a pretty dress
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You know some women do look good in black
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He's not even in the ground
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And they say his track is up for sale
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They say she took it pretty hard
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But you can't tell too much behind a veil
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Now listen ain't that pretty
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When the bugler plays the military taps
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I think that when you's in the war
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They always hired and played a song like that
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Well, here I am and there they go
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And I guess you'd call it my bad luck
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I hope he'll rest in peace but trouble is
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That fellow owed me forty bucks
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