There's one kind favor that I ask of you There's one kind favor that I ask of you There's one kind favor that I ask of you Won't you please, please see my grave's kept clean Long line ain't got no end Lord, there's a long line that ain't got no end Mmmmm It's a long, long line that ain't got no end Bad wind that never came It's a bad wind that never came Two white horses standing in line There's two white horses standing in line There's two white horses and they're standing in line Take me to that burying ground Take me to the burying ground My heart stopped beating and my hands are cold My heart stopped beating and my hands are cold Well, my heart stopped beating and my hands were cold It was along what the Good Book said What the Bible told What the Bible told Have you ever heard that coughing sound Have you ever heard that coughing sound Have you ever heard that coughing sound Did you know that this poor boy's beneath the ground Don't you know this poor boy's 'neath the ground Dig my grave with a silver spade Why don't you dig my grave with a silver spade Why don't you dig my grave with a silver spade Ah, lay me down with a golden chain Why don't you lay me down with a golden chain Have you ever heard the church bell song Ah, have you heard the church bell song Have you ever heard that church bell song You know that this poor boy's dead and gone You know this poor boy's dead and gone One kind favor that I ask of you There's one kind favor that I ask of you One kind favor that I ask of you, ah Please see that my grave's kept clean

Stake my future on a hell of a past Looks like tomorrow is coming on fast Ain't complaining 'bout what I got Seen better times, but who has not? Silvio, silver and gold Won't buy back the beat of a heart grown cold Silvio, I gotta go Find out something only dead men know Honest as the next jade rolling that stone When I come knocking don't throw me no bone I'm an old boll weevil looking for a home If you don't like it you can leave me alone I can snap my fingers and require the rain From a clear blue sky and turn it off again I can stroke your body and relieve your pain And charm the whistle off an evening train Silvio, silver and gold Won't buy back the beat of a heart grown cold Silvio, I gotta go Find out something only dead men know I give what I got until I got no more I take what I get until I even the score You know I love you and furthermore When it's time to go you got an open door I can tell you fancy, I can tell you plain You give something up for everything you gain Since every pleasure's got an edge of pain Pay for your ticket and don't complain Silvio, silver and gold Won't buy back the beat of a heart grown cold Silvio, I gotta go, go Find out something only dead men know One of these days and it won't be long Going down in the valley and sing my song I will sing it loud and sing it strong Let the echo decide if I was right or wrong Silvio, silver and gold Won't buy back the beat of a heart grown cold Silvio, I gotta go Find out something only dead men know Silvio, silver and gold Won't buy back the beat of a heart grown cold Silvio, I gotta go Find out something only dead men know Silvio, silver and gold Won't buy back the beat of a heart grown cold Silvio, I gotta go Find out something only dead men know Come on Come on