SCENES FROM AN OLD COUNTRY GRAVEYARD (Janet McGarry)
By: Dixie Hall (BMI)
Tom T. Hall (BMI)

VERSE 1: HAVE YOU EVER STOOD IN AN OLD COUNTRY GRAVEYARD
AND LISTENED AS THEY SANG AN UNCLOUDY DAY
WATCHED AS A BIRD SOARS UP INTO THE HEAVENS
AND KNOW SOMEONE'S GONE TO A HOME FAR AWAY

VERSE 2: HAVE YOU SAID GOODBYE STANDING NEXT TO A CASKET
OR SAID "SEE YOU LATER" AND TRIED HARD TO SMILE
THEN EYES FILLED WITH TEARS BLINDLY TURN TO A LOVED ONE
TO COMFORT EACH OTHER ON BACK DOWN THE AISLE

VERSE 3: HAVE YOU CAUGHT THE PERFUME OF SWEET WILDWOOD FLOWERS
ALL MINGLED WITH ROSES AND LILIES SO FINE
EXPRESSIONS OF LOVE AND NONE ANY BETTER
THAN MYRTLE SO SWEET OR THE WILD DANDELION

VERSE 4: HIGH ON A HILL TOP OR DOWN IN THE VALLEY
TEARS ALWAYS HAVE THE SAME DISTANCE TO FLOW
OLD PEOPLE, CHILDREN AND EVEN THE PREACHER
REMINDING US SOMEDAY WE ALL HAVE TO GO

VERSE 5: A SHINING BLACK LIMOUSINE LEADS ALL THE MOURNERS
IN SLOW MOVING CARS ON THEIR WAY TO THE CHURCH
A HANDFUL OF YOUNGSTERS THAT CLIMBED THE OLD OAK TREE
WATCH THE PROCESSION FROM UP ON THEIR PERCH

VERSE 6: HAVE YOU BEEN STILL STANDING WHEN FRIENDS HAVE DEPARTED
THE HOLE AND A GRAVEDIGGER SAD EYED AND GRIM
HE SAYS NOT A WORD HE JUST HANDS YOU A SHOVEL
THERE'S NOTHING TO DO BUT TO HELP FILL IT IN

CHORUS: SCENES FROM AN OLD COUNTRY GRAVEYARD
LORD IT'S BEEN THE SAME WAY FOR YEARS
SCENES FROM AN OLD COUNTRY GRAVEYARD
A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT THROUGH THE VEIL OF OUR TEARS