Jim Skiff - Someone Has Buried The Body

My chief I cannot say that I have hastened on my way
To bear the bitter tidings that I bring
I walked as though my feet were slowly turning into clay
I truly dread to have to tell this thing
A voice inside my head told me I really am insane
To hurry to explain this evil news
For surely you will vent your wrath upon my feeble head
And I will wind up dead or something worse

Silence! You try my patience
Get to your point or you will have to deal with mine

Now see my chief already you are threatening my life
Before I've half a chance to tell my tale
You really make me nervous with the way you wave your knife
You see my flesh is trembling and pale
Of course, I've not been feeling well for quite a little while
For weeks now I have had this nagging pain
This duty you have given me is really not my style
Patrolling rotten corpses in the rain

Silence! This is sheer insolence
Speak plainly now or I will have to trim your tongue

Someone has buried the body, buried the body
Sprinkled dirt upon that stinking corpse
Someone has buried the body, buried the body
And now that it's been said I fear the worst

Silence! This news is monstrous
I can't believe that my decree has been defied

So, tell me now who did this deed, I really wish to know
As you stood guard, how could this come to pass?
Perhaps a hungry dog was digging, looking for a bone
And chanced to shower dust upon the corpse
Or possibly there's treachery concealed in what you say
Perhaps your purse has recently grown fat
My enemies paid you a bribe to look the other way
Prepare to suffer if the truth be that

Silence! I swear my innocence
May I be eaten by the witches if I lie

Someone has buried the body, buried the body
Sprinkled dirt upon that stinking corpse
Someone has buried the body, buried the body
And now that it's been done I fear the worst

Whoever did this deed has disappeared without a trace
No tool or token did they leave behind
They must have been invisible, or I'd have seen their face
And silent as the snowfall in the pines
Now there are those who say this is the doing of O Del
They say that He is angered by your rule
To leave a man unburied is immoral and obscene
They say that you are acting like a fool

Silence! This talk is treasonous
You'd better leave before I have to take your life

I want the man who buried the body, buried the body
Sprinkled dirt upon that stinking corpse
Bring me the man who buried the body, buried the body
And if you fail, you're going to bear my curse

Written by:
James Skiff

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