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Artist: Garland Jeffreys
Canonical path: /garland-jeffreys/graveyard-rock
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Graveyard Rock
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Graveyard Rock
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They carried him away
In a Cadillac hearse
And what was worse
They showed no mercy
I remember that day
When he had the curse
After chapter and verse
He died an alcoholic
Graveyard rock
That’s what they call it in the neighborhood
Graveyard rock
That’s what they call it on the block
Graveyard rock
I bet you really never thought he would
Graveyard rock
I hear the ticking of the clock
Cause this a sound a called graveyard skankin
A let me tell this is
It was so tragic
Another painful story
And just a-like magic
Out the 21st story
They say the deed was done
A when they sealed that coffin
It happened quite often
In the crash of ’80, of ’81
Graveyard rock
That’s what they call it in the neighborhood
Graveyard rock
That’s what they call it on the block
Oh oh, graveyard rock
I bet you really never thought he would
Graveyard rock
I hear the ticking of the clock
A mash it up
A mash it up
A mash it up
A mash it, a mash it, a mash it, mash it, mash it, mash it
Now there was no glory
No ceremony
His epitaph told me
He was no phony
They buried that casket
It went six feet under
And rain nor thunder
Can hide nor mask it
There ain’t no laughter
No hereafter
There ain’t no big fun
In the crash of ’80 of ’81
Graveyard rock
That’s what they call it in the neighborhood
Graveyard rock
That’s what they call it on the block
Oh oh, graveyard rock
I bet you really never thought he would
Graveyard rock
I hear the ticking of the clock
Graveyard rock
Graveyard rock
Today, Mr. Deejay I really like to know what you got playin on your radio
Cause everybody really wanna dance
Everybody really wanna dance
I feel real cool now, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Graveyard rock
Graveyard rock
Graveyard rock
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