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Thread #159961 Message #3791478
Posted By: Joe Offer
22-May-16 - 02:48 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Last Words (Mark Graham)-(all your stuff)
Subject: Lyr Add: Last Words (Mark Graham)
On the "In Harmony's Way" Facebook page, somebody posted a link to a YouTube recording by a duet called Four Shillings Short:
The name of the songwriter was cut off the beginning of the performance, but the songwriter wrote a lot of songs that were recorded by the Austin Lounge Lizards. That led me to near certainty that the song was written by Mark Graham. Am I right? Please correct me gently if I'm wrong. Mark's Website is http://www.mongrelfolk.com/ - I don't find any mention of the song there.
Please post corrections if you have any, and I'll incorporate them into this post.
LAST WORDS (Mark Graham)
The curtain of darkness is falling and my friends are all here at my side Are those the sweet voices of angels as I rise on that heavenly tide? All hearts overflowin' with sadness and those words left so often unsaid Then I heard a voice whispering softly "Can I have all your stuff when you're dead?"
"Could I have your TV and your pickup? And I've always admired those shoes Could I have that old dinin' room table? And there's a couple of chairs I could use Well, I know that you're headed to glory And like a star up to heaven you'll shoot When they write the last page of your story can I try on that seersucker suit?"
It was the voice of my dear brother, Thomas He was kneelin' down close by my side His breath had just come from a funeral for a mouthful of teeth that had died Well, I prayed my last prayer for salvation I was feelin' the touch of God's hand But I could still hear the voice of my brother as they struck up that old angel band
"Could I have your old ski boots and surfboard and maybe that four-poster bed? Would you mind if I took a few records? Just Nirvana, the Stones and the Dead Well, you know that you can't take it with you to your heavenly home up on high When you pass through those gates and they hand you your wings can I have all your stuff when you die?"
But the angels consulted St. Peter and flew me back to my hospital bed My life was a new day a-dawning...