the Matriarch Lyrics

I got the call today the matriarch had passed away

99 years and she's gone

Drive up to the hollers Daddy thinks she hid a millions dollars

He's hoping it ain't gone

Pull up and a neighbor said she's gone to meet her maker

And we both know he ain't talking 'bout God

Cuz that woman sold her soul to the devil

Granny's body ain't cold yet and somebody went and stole that

Diamond from around her neck it's gone

I guess she told Uncle Bill where she went and hid the will

Pulled up the floor board and its gone

And my second cousin said she's gone to meet her maker

And we both know he ain't talkin' bout God

Cuz that woman sold her soul to the devil

Go to put her in the ground the undertaker ain't around

Heard that she died and now he's gone

The hole ain't even dug yet but ain't nobody upset

Drinkin' that 'ol hooch until it's gone

Preacher man showed up and said she's gone to meet her maker

And we both know he ain't talkin' bout God

I got a secret no one else can know

About what Granny did and all that Granny sold

She and me we fell from the same tree

And when night falls I know where I'll be

Down at the crossroads she said I'd meet our maker

And we both know she ain't talkin' bout God

Cuz that woman sold our souls to the devil

I got the call today the matriarch had passed away

99 years and now she's gone she's gone she's gone