Graveyard Loudon Wainwright III

"Graveyard" by Loudon Wainwright III (#Folk) explores themes of mortality, loss, and reflection on life through poignant storytelling. Released in 2010, the song features a blend of acoustic instrumentation and Wainwright's signature candid lyrics. Its introspective nature resonates with listeners, prompting contemplation of life's impermanence.

Chorus:
I go to the graveyard where we all must go
Among the dead & the buried there just so I will know
What it's like beneath those trees listening to that wind
I go to the graveyard & I'll be back again

I played in the graveyard when I was just a boy
I'd run among the headstones myself I would enjoy
But I was young & hardly knew what would happen then
I played in the graveyard & I'll be back again

I walk through the graveyard I read the headstones
So many dead & buried there, each one all alone
An old man and an infant & a little child of ten
I walk through the graveyard & I'll be back again

My father's in the graveyard, my dear mother too
I viit them with flowers what else can I do
I go to the graveyard to remember them
I'm an orphan in the graveyard & I'll be back again

(! Horus)

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