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