Daniel Johnston — The Startling Facts

In a series of events that led up To the startling facts Are coming back to haunt me My friend Dale the young preacher told me That he grandfather had died And he wanted me to go To the funeral with him, so I did Not thinking that she would be there The girl that I loved That was to wed the undertaker So when we got there I was surprised to see her And there was Dale's dead grandfather And there stood Laurie Hanging coats for the guests She looked so beautiful I walked up to her and shook her hand And I said, hi, how are you? At the graveside services during the prayer I looked up to look at her And the undertaker popped me the finger I never will forget Such a striking predicament The feeling of it The body in the casket The series of events that led up to it The startling facts Are coming back to me