Box Of Spiders lyrics

(Hood/Drive-by Truckers)

Gran Gran keeps a box of spiders.
She says they`re on me when I sleep.
Waiting in the out-house for me.
underneath the seat.
My great-grandmothers bout ninety-seven
and she is sure when she gets to heaven,
old St. Peter`s gonna throw his arms around her and say
`I`ve waited so long for us to meet`.
She put the General in a box
and buried him behind the Stoney Point Church of Christ,
when I was three.
(and she says) "When the lord comes to take me,
I`ll die with a smile on, cause He`s taking all my pains and fears."
She said The Generals last words were
"It`s hotter than hell in here".
Gran Gran keeps a box of spiders,
or so she told me as a child,
and I would hold it in for hours.
Too mean to die. Too mean to die. Too mean.

(for Gran Gran)

lyrics by Patterson Hood
music by Drive-by Truckers