A song for my father who died at the age of 47. Dedicated to the Late, Great Townes Van Zandt, who I've nicknamed "The Azure Troubadour". A spiritual.

My daddy was a young man, When he went to the promised land
That's what comes from all work and no play
Daddy sweated and he toiled, Just to end up in that soil
I'll be damned if I go out that way
Mama told me son, Better behave
Else you'll end up next to daddy
Lyin' next to daddy's grave
Daddy's grave ain't six feet under
Daddy's grave ain't in Hell below
Daddy's grave is up in Heaven
My tears for him still flow
I said mama don't you know, Can't take nothin' when you go
We all got our cross to bear
Live each day like it's your last, 'Cause life goes by so fast
It's in the hands of the man upstairs
Mama told me son, Better slow it down
Else you'll end up next to daddy
Buried in that cold, dark ground
Daddy's grave is in my heart
Daddy's grave's in my memory
Daddy's grave is in my soul
Daddy's blood still boils in me

(SOLO)

Daddy's grave ain't six feet under
Daddy's grave ain't in Hell below
Daddy's grave is up in Heaven
My tears for him still flow
Daddy's grave is in my heart
Daddy's grave's in my memory
Daddy's grave is in my soul
Daddy's blood still boils in me.

©Hunky Country Music, BMI