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When Daddy told me what happened  
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I couldn't believe what he just said 
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Sonny shot himself with a 44  and they found him lyin  on his bed 
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I could not speak a single word  no tears streamed down my face 
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I just sat there on the living room couch  staring off into space 
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Mama and Daddy went over to the house to see what had to be done 
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They took the sheets off of the bed  and they went to call someone 
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Some of us gathered at a friend's house to help each other ease the 
pain 
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I just sat alone in a corner chair  I couldn't say much of anything 
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We drove on out to the country 
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His friends all stood around 
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Subiaco Cemetery is where we lay him down 
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I saw his mama, she was standing there  his sister she was there too 
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I saw them look at us standing around the grave and not a soul they 
knew 
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Born and raised in Pineola  his mama believed in the Pentecost 
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She got the preacher to say some words so his soul wouldn't get lost 
 
SOLO 
 
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Some of us   we stood in silence  some bowed their heads and prayed 
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I think I must've picked up a handful of dust and let it fall over his 
grave 
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I think I must've picked up a handful of dust and let it fall over his 
grave 
 
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