The Night We Heard The Voice lyrics

We saw a candle in the window of the chapel in the graveyard And it flickered as it slowly moved away Was that the wind in the pipes of the old dusty organ Or just howling down the hill among the graves? Then lightning struck the steeple, and it rang the chapel bell That's been rusted into silence many years Then the thunder rolled away and the organ starts to play And we heard a voice that filled our hearts with fear Then the voice called through the night so loud and clear "Is there anything at all you'd like to hear? Though my bones are old and moldy, I just love to pick them oldies Is there anything at all you'd like to hear?" So we dug up some requests for him to try We shouted, "How 'bout 'Speckled Bird' or 'Jambalaya'?" He said "Maybe I'll ad lib a chorus on my ribs" Then the voice sang all the songs that made us cry Well the three of us, we sang the whole night long He kept pickin' funky organ until dawn Till the morning mist was rising on the lawn When the sun came up, we knew that he was gone Now the first red rays of sun begin to creep And the shadows of the graves are long and deep We smile and wonder when we'll hear that voice again - Then we close the lid and sing ourselves to sleep. (Repeat last line several times and fade)