We were gathered in the farmyard
At the wake of old John Bean

In a small town south of Colorado's
Rocky Mountain scene
There were all my friends and family

That I hadn't seen for years
Ain't it funny how we get to meet this way


As we all stood deep in silence
You could hear the birds around
As the Reverend spoke of Jesus

And the faith this old man found
But he's dead and gone forever
Maybe never seen again

Ain't it funny how we get to die this way

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It's like the thunder and the lightning
Of an early morning dawn
It's like a ghost of days gone by and memories gone

It's like the words I still remember
As a child of yesterday
Ain't it funny how it all goes down this way


As the conversation moved
Between the windows of the past

Walking one by one through memories
Though we fade, they always last
I thought I knew those aging faces

That were standing in my way
Ain't it funny what you thought youd never say


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No more, I will surrender

There's things a man will never ever understand
Or come to know


So we passed around the whiskey
That we'd saved to toast this man
Save the best until the end

My father told me, if you can
Then you'll know it all was worth it
And when you have to go, you'll say

Ain't it funny how we get to cry this way

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