Sittin' Up With The Dead Lyrics

Ray Stevens

And rattled and fell to the floor with a thump
And Uncle Fred just sat right up.
Well I ain't sittin' up with the dead no more, I don't know 'bout you
I ain't sittin' up with the dead no more no matter what ya say or do.
They say the dead can't hurt ya cause they already left
But what they left can sure make ya hurt yourself.
And I ain't sittin up with the dead no more since the dead started sittin up too.
Well when Fred sat up so did everybody there
And there came a great partin' of the foldin chairs.
The preacher nearly knocked me down, he said
'I'm headed out that kitchen door over there.'
I said 'Rev that kitchen ain't got no door in it'
He said 'Don't worry son, it will have in minute.'
And I ain't never seen so much jumpin' and shovin' before.
Then somebody stepp