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The Two Richest Men In The Graveyard
Verse Verse
Today they placed the markers Now, my Uncle Samuel loved his money
on two sets of bones and he spent his time
William Smith and Samuel Evans Making more and more and more,
carved into the stones hardly ever spent a dime
Bill was Eighty-Two He never had the time for love
and Sam was only Fifty-Five or time for a family
But the lives they led were different His Funeral was only the guy
when they were alive that dug the grave and me.
Chorus Chorus
They are the two richest men They are the two richest men
in the Graveyard in the Graveyard
And I wonder which one’s happy, And I wonder which one’s happy,
with the life they chose? with the life they chose?
One died with money and the other poor, One died with money and the other poor,
but he had love but he had love
Both ended up in the same place; Both ended up in the same place;
with a marble stone above with a marble stone above
Both ended up in the same place;
Verse one with money, one with love
Billy Smith was loved
by nearly everyone in town Follow this link to listen...
He fell in love and spent his life
with Emma Brown The story behind the song:
He barely kept his children fed
but they had love I started participating in Curt Ryle’s online
And every night at supper songwriting workshop three years ago, where
he would thank the Lord above. hundreds of writers from all over the world
compete to get a line in a song. At one point.
Bridge in one of our conversations I commented
Billy was the one we all went searching for about him working much too hard and I said
When we needed credit “You’re going to end up the richest guy in the
at his little grocery store graveyard”. I had that hook stuck in my head,
If you needed help so a week or so later I created the story of two
he was the first to raise his hand men who lived two completely different lives.
The whole town had a special love One with a love of money, and one with love
for this simple man in his heart.
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