We Buried Him Standing Up

Intro Took six men to dig it deeper

Verse 1 Took six men to dig it deeper Square and narrow, straight and tall Preacher said it wasn't proper Hard man said it best of all He never knelt at any altar Never bowed to any law So we set him up like a fence post Facing down whatever's raw

Pre-Chorus He'd have spit on a softer grave Bury a hard man hard and brave

Chorus We buried him standing up Never once saw that man bend Wouldn't fold to fit a coffin So we turned him to the wind

Verse 2 Half the town came out to curse him Other half came out to cry Same men he'd loaned a winter Same men watched him die Nobody called him gentle Nobody called him kind But every back he ever carried All came to stand behind

Pre-Chorus He'd have spit on a softer grave Bury a hard man hard and brave

Chorus We buried him standing up Never once saw that man bend Wouldn't fold to fit a coffin So we turned him to the wind

Bridge Stand him up, stand him up Where the cold wind blows Stand him up, stand him up The only way he goes We buried him standing up Never once saw that man bend Wouldn't fold to fit a coffin So we turned him to the wind

Outro We buried him standing up And we turned him to the wind

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