Box of Spiders
By: Drive-By Truckers
Capo 3
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Gran Gran keeps a box of spiders
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She says they're on me when I sleep
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Waiting in the out-house for me
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underneath the seat
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My great-grandmothers bout ninety-seven
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and she is sure when she gets to heaven
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old St. Peter's gonna throw his arms around her and say
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"I've waited so long for us to meet"
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She put the General in a box
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and buried him behind the Stoney Point Church of Christ
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when I was three
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(and she says) "When the lord comes to take me
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I'll die with a smile on, cause He's taking all my pains and fears."
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She said The Generals last words were
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"It's hotter than hell in here"
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Gran Gran keeps a box of spiders
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or so she told me as a child
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and I would hold it in for hours
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Too mean to die
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Too mean to die, too mean...
