[Verse] In a crooked town where the shadows play The villagers schemed to cheat the day They'd fake their deaths to dodge the toll But lies grow heavy on a weary soul [Verse 2] The bard sang loud with a whiskey grin Of coffins full but life within A town of ghosts who'd haunt the street Ducking taxes with deceitful feet [Chorus] Oh the gravedigger's spade grew tired and mean He saw through the ruse of the livin' scene "Fake your death and you'll truly know How deep the roots of your lies will grow" [Verse 3] The tavern roared as the bard would tell How the gravedigger laughed at the tolling bell He'd pack the dirt on their shallow pleas And silence the town with the weight of trees [Bridge] The mayor cried but the spade struck fast Their cunning ways had met their last The gravedigger's heart A stone of spite He buried their sins in the dead of night [Chorus] Oh the gravedigger's spade grew tired and mean He saw through the ruse of the livin' scene "Fake your death and you'll truly know How deep the roots of your lies will grow"
