Song Lyrics Waylon Jennings - The Ballad Of Forty Dollars    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> W>> Waylon Jennings Singer Lyrics [Waylon Jennings other resources]>> The Ballad Of Forty Dollars Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Waylon Jennings Music Title/Track: The Ballad Of Forty Dollars Theme ID: 4581 Album: N/A Verse 1: (Waylon) The man that preached the funeral said it really was a simple way to die He laid down to rest one afternoon and never opened up his eyes They hired me and Fred and Joe to dig the grave and carry up some chairs It took us seven hours and I guess we must have drunk a case of beer Verse 2: (Johnny) I guess I ought to go and watch them put him down but I don't own a suit And anyway when they start talkin' about the fire in hell I get spooked So let's just sit here in the truck and act like we don't know him when they pass Anyway, when they're all through we got to go to work and mow the grass Verse 3: (Waylon then Johnny) Here they come and who's that riding in that big old shiney limousine Look at all that chrome I do believe that that's the sharpest thing I've seen That must belong to his rich uncle someone said he owned a big old farm When they get parked let's mosey down and look it over that won't do no harm Verse 4: (Waylon then Johnny) That must be the widow in the car and won't you take a look at that That sure is a pretty dress you know some women do look good in black He's not even in the ground and they tell me his truck is up for sale They say she took it pretty hard but you can't tell too much behind a veil Verse 5: (Waylon then Johnny) Listen ain't that pretty when a bugler plays a military taps I think when you were in the war they always hide and play a song like that Well here we are and there he goes and I guess that you might call it our bad luck I hope he rests in peace but the trouble is the fellow owes us forty bucks Related Lyrics Random lyrics: The Only Daddy Thatll, The Road, The Taker, The Wurlitzer Prize (I Dont Want To Get Over You), Them Old Love Songs, Theme From The Dukes Of Hazzard, Theme From the Dukes Of Hazzard (good Ol Boys), There Aint No Good Chain Gang, These New Changing Times, This Time, This Time Tomorrow Ill Be Gone, This Train, Till I Gain Control Again, Time Between Bottles and Wine, Time to Bum Again, Time Will Tell the Story, To Beat the Devil, Today I Started Loving You Again, Too Close to Call, Too Dumb For New York, Too Far Gone, Trouble Man, Tryin to Outrun the Wind, Tulsa, Turn The Page, Two Old Sidewinders, Two Streaks of Steel, Under Your Spell Again, Unsatisfied, Up In Arkansas, W B P T, Waking Up With You, Walk on Out of My Mind, Walkin, Waltz Across Texas, Waltz Me to Heaven, Wastin Time, Wasting Time, Wave Goodbye to Me, Waymores Blues, Waymores Blues, WBPT, We Had It All, We Made It As Lovers, Weakness in a Man, What About You?, What Bothers Me Most, What Makes a Man Wander, Whatever Gets You Through the Night, Where Corn Dont Grow, Other Waylon Jennings song Lyrics (Dont Let The Sun Set On You In) Tulsa Lyrics Im a Ramblin Man Lyrics 33rd of August Lyrics A Bad Day Lyrics A Couple More Years Lyrics A Good Hearted Woman Lyrics A Legend in My Time Lyrics A Long Time Ago Lyrics A Lot Of Good Lyrics Aint No God in Mexico Lyrics Aint No God In Mexico Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Waylon Jennings And The Waylors Lyrics Wayne Lyrics Wayne And Garth Lyrics Wayne Bernie Lyrics Wayne County Lyrics Wayne Jeff Lyrics Wayne King Lyrics Wayne Marshall Lyrics Wayne Newton Lyrics Wayne Shepard Kenny Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy