Epitaph

[Verse 1]
In the winter of 1935
In the town of Tupelo
The thin walls of a shotgun shack
Was my shelter from the cold
Twin boys were born on a winter's day
But one laid still as coal
So they laid them down in the cold ground
To sleep beneath the snow

[Verse 2]
They walk the dirt road hand in hand
To school and back again
He's the only child she'll ever have
She's his only friend
And as the darkness falls and the night birds call
They turn on the radio
To sing along 'til the crack of dawn
Across the tracks of Tupelo

[Verse 3]
They rode the sky like lightnin'
The breeze in the holler wailed
They sang a song that was pure and strong
That gave like rock and roll
His life became a lesson
His legend was ceased to grow
The angels sang on the day he came
To get born in Tupelo