The ’59 Sound

Well, I wonder which song
they're gonna play when we go.
I hope it's something quiet and minor
and peaceful and slow.

When we float out into the ether,
into the Everlasting Arms,
I hope we don't hear
Marley's chains we forged in life.

'Cause the chains I been hearing
now for most of my life.
'Cause the chains I been hearing
now for most of my life.

Did you hear the '59 Sound
coming through your Grandfather's radio?
Did you hear the rattling
chains in the hospital walls?
Did you hear the old gospel choir
when they came to carry you over?
Did you hear your favorite song
one last time?

And I wonder were you scared when the metal hit the glass?
See, I was playing a show down the road
When your spirit left your body.
And they told me on the front lawn.
I'm sorry I couldn't go,
But I still know the song and the words and her name and the reasons.
And I know 'cause we were kids and we used to hang.
And I know 'cause we were kids and we used to hang.

[Chorus]

Young boys, young girls, ain't supposed to die on a Saturday night. [x4]

[Chorus]

Young boys, young girls, young boys, young girls...