[00:01.37]Lay Some Flowers On My Grave - Blind Willie McTell [00:07.70]You must lay some flowers on my grave [00:15.01]You must lay some flowers on my grave [00:22.06]My mother and father have gone [00:25.52]Left me in this world alone [00:28.49]You must lay some flowers on my grave [00:35.18]My father was a roll sport and a gambler too [00:41.62]And he left me here just singin' the blues [00:47.89]I hope my heart will change [00:51.16]I don't want to die the same [00:53.95]You must lay some flowers on my grave [01:00.64]Put a wreath of flowers at my right side [01:06.80]Then you'll know that McTell's satisfied [01:12.94]Put a bouquet in my breast [01:15.93]You know poor boy's gone to rest [01:18.91]You must lay some flowers on my grave [01:25.29]Now when this old building is fallin' down [01:31.33]Just lay me six feet in the cold cold ground [01:37.25]Wrap me up in the solid clay [01:40.06]'Cause I come here to die one day [01:42.58]Hot mama lay some flowers on my grave [01:49.06]Put a morning glory at my head and feet [01:54.98]Then you'll know that McTell's gone to sleep [02:00.87]On my headboard write my name [02:03.85]I leave 'em many girl's heart in pain [02:06.42]Hot mama lay some flowers on my grave [02:12.80]Don't snatch the pillow from under my head [02:18.69]Don't grieve and worry after the days I'm dead [02:24.49]When I bid you this last goodbye [02:27.48]Don't none of you womens cry [02:30.04]You just lay some flowers on my grave [02:36.11]Now when I'm gone to come no more [02:41.95]And the old pallbearers lay me low [02:47.52]When you hear that coffin sound [02:50.34]You'll know McTell is in the ground [02:52.96]Hot mama lay some flowers on my grave [02:59.00]Now when the poor boy's dead and gone [03:04.51]I'm left in this old world all alone [03:10.20]When you hear that church bell toll [03:12.97]You'll know McTell's dead and gone [03:15.35]Hot mama lay some flowers on my grave