The Cold Gray Stone

The Cold Gray Stone (Song for George Jones) All of my life I've wandered alone Never found nothing to call my own Just a lonely old highway walking alone Walking along like an old cold gray stone Living for nothing leaving nothing behind Heartaches and trouble with no peace of mind Just a lonely old soldier walking alone Walking along like an old cold gray stone refrain ( I always forgive Christ told me forgive Don't know if God will that's up to him On that gray morning When I'm dead and gone Won't even find me on an old cold gray stone ) An old cold gray stone Lord walking alone On some lonely hillside where nobody roams Never found nothing to call my own Walking along like an old cold gray stone I went down to Texas seen the Alamo Wondered what it felt to die far from home Knowing your goin' to an old cold gray stone They never got one so I'm not alone Lonely old flowers over old cold gray stones Never found nothing to call my own Walking along like an old cold gray stone * author's note The heroes of the Alamo were not buried, but gathered together in heaps and burned. Years later, what was left of their ashes, were gathered up and placed in a corner of St. Guadalupe Catholic chruch in San Antonio. It was years later, before proper monuments were set up. Written March 16th, 2002 © on Mar 16 2002 05:41 AM PST   10 • 0 • 1