Sittin’ here in the graveyard… (Sittin’ here in the graveyard) (graveyard… yard… yard…) Oh yeah… I listen to that heartbeat sound… My grave is six feet down… (down… down… down…) Oh yeah… hear that lonesome sound… (sound… ) Verse 1 Crossed me once… crossed me twice… I won’t be actin’ nice no more. (no more… no more…) Time for the bleedin’ night to fall… (night to fall…) No longer playin’— I am the war. (the war… war… war…) Pre-Chorus Some nights are long… (long… long…) Some days I feel strong… (strong…) But in the end… (in the end…) I don’t belong. (belong… gone…) Chorus Bucklin’ beneath the future that I sacrificed for a grave six feet down! (down! down!) Ohhh… ohhh… some days… I reckon I’ll escape this crown… (crown… drown…) But today— I’m gettin’ ready to lay it all down. (down… lay it down… down…) Verse 2 Sun blazin’ down… (blazin’ down…) Now I feel like I drowned… (drowned… drowned…) Every day drivin’ through the blaze… (blaze…) My horse’s head hung low… ridin’ slow… (slow… ) Now I sit here in the dust and just gaze… (gaze…) At the hole I dug myself… (waitin’… waitin’…) Waitin’ for the rain. (rain… ) Bridge Some nights the devil calls my name… (name… name…) Whispers through the tumbleweed flame… (flame…) I traded tomorrow for yesterday’s pain… (pain… pain…) Now the angels turn away… (away… away…) But when that trumpet sounds… (sounds…) When that trumpet sounds… I’ll rise anyway. (rise… rise…) Final Chorus Bucklin’ beneath the future that I sacrificed for a grave six feet down! (down! down! down!) Ohhh… ohhh… some days… I reckon I’ll escape this town… (town… down…) But today— I’m gettin’ ready— To lay it all DOWNNN! Sun blazin’ down… Six feet down… (Grave six feet down) six feet… Ain’t no grave gonna hold this body down… (hold me down…) Ain’t no grave… (Hold me down…) Hold me down. (down…) Outro Six feet down… But still breathin’…. [trumpet solo]
