When they march me down the road, so When them ride me down the road, tho
Mahogany with the gold trim Silent except for children crying They never even knew him then trumpets flying The bearers shining shoes Sink in the wet ground horns vying Sun rising the pit lying n’ waiting Like a clever lion mouth gaping And after they ate chicken rice peas sticky cake The chillens laughing and playin’ forgot they place Plates and dishes piled and washed As women whisper men talk circles
When them ride me down, suh When them take me down, suh
Bent backed over Wray & Nephew Marijuana cigars Hidden hearts A dark road carved the blackness stretch like tar Dogs beg for scraps at the edge of the hearth But it’s something else out there in the dark Something else out there dark Something else out there where you are
When them bring me up the road, so When them take me up the road, so Peppertree wave over me tombstone