Lyrics

[Verse 1] My body is a temple Safer than a prison But I've done some demolition And in a world gone wrong [Verse 2] The death of country music Rattles 'round the planet We light the flame and fan it Deep into the night [Verse 3] Where the city casts its shadow You leave the straight and narrow Tomorrow and forever Seems so far away [Verse 4] Where the dance floor's overcrowded And the music's getting louder The people do some breathing While they're cheating death [Verse 5] Tonight the west is sleeping The desert will be creeping Inch by inch Across the continent [Verse 6] And the bones of country music Lay there in their casket Beneath the towers of Nashville In a black pool of neglect [Verse 7] So we cast our nets in the water Drag the pool and caught 'em Grind 'em up and snort 'em A-deep into the night [Verse 8] And spill some blood on the ashes Of the bones of the Jones and the Cashes Skulls in false eyelashes And ghost riders in the sky [Chorus] The death of country music The death of country music The death of country music Pickin' the flesh off the bone The Hank bone's connected to the Buck bone The Hag bone's connected to the Jones bone The Willie bone's connected to the Billy Bones Pickin' the flesh off the bone [Chorus] The death of country music The death of country music The death of country music Pickin' the flesh off the bone The death of country music The death of country music The death of country music Pickin' the flesh off the bone