These Old Bones-Dolly Parton

[00:05.64](Dolly Parton) [00:06.03]These old bones will tell your story [00:08.40]These old bones will never lie [00:11.91]These old bones will tell you surely [00:14.10]What you can't see with your eye [00:16.65]These old bones, [00:17.85]I shake and rattle [00:19.29]These old bones, [00:20.61]I toss and roll [00:22.23]And it's all in where they scatter [00:24.72]Tells you what the future holds [00:28.95]Oh, she lived up on the mountain [00:31.89]Eleven miles or so from town [00:34.47]With a one-eyed cat named [00:36.39]Wink,A billy goat and a blue tick hound [00:39.90]Her graying hair was braided [00:42.72]And wrapped around her head [00:45.24]And her dress was long and faded [00:48.00]And her home a rusty shed [00:52.17]In a little pouch of burlap [00:54.78]Tied with a piece of twine [00:57.48]There were bones all shapes and sizes [01:00.09]Gathered through the course of time [01:02.91]She'd throw them out before you [01:05.52]She swore that she could see [01:08.28]The present, past and future [01:10.83]She could ready your destiny [01:15.03]Everybody knew about her [01:17.37]Came to get their fortune read [01:19.98]Concerning health and wealth and power [01:23.16]Who to love and when to wed [01:26.07]Well, I just like helpin' people [01:28.62]I'm just glad that [01:29.73]I could help [01:31.11]Why, I know everybody's secrets [01:33.93]But I keep it to myself [01:37.86]These old bones will tell your story [01:40.59]These old bones will never lie [01:44.55]These old bones will tell you surely [01:45.84]What you can't see with your eye [01:48.69]These old bones, [01:49.80]I shake and rattle [01:51.39]These old bones, [01:52.77]I toss and roll [01:55.20]And it's all in where they scatter [01:56.85]Tells you what the future holds [02:00.87]Some called her witchy woman [02:03.63]Some said she was insane [02:06.30]Some said she was a prophet [02:09.03]Still everybody came [02:11.79]Just because a body's different [02:14.43]Well, that don't make 'em mad [02:17.01]Well, they've crucified a many [02:19.53]For the special gifts they've had [02:23.70]I had often heard about her, [02:26.28]Dreamed about her now and then [02:28.56]For I, too, was clairvoyant, [02:31.62]Came about when [02:34.38]I was tenI was fascinated with her [02:36.99]And the things [02:37.98]I'd heard about [02:39.45]And I knew some day [02:41.13]I'd meet her, [02:42.27]And one day it came about [02:46.29]Well, I know'd that you 'uz a'comin' [02:49.02]I could feel it in my bones [02:51.36]These old bones have also told me [02:54.18]That I won't be here for long [02:56.94]Did you know that you 'uz adopted? [02:59.70]Did you know you once't was mine? [03:02.31]But the county took you from me, [03:04.98]Said I wasn't right in mind [03:08.58]But I just know'd [03:09.81]I had to see you' [03:11.28]Fore these bones was laid to rest [03:14.31]So I conjured up a message [03:17.64]It must'a worked, [03:19.68]I guessThis gift runs in the family [03:22.50]I know you also know [03:25.05]And I passed this gift on to you [03:27.63]These old bones, they're just for show [03:31.32]These old bones will tell your story [03:34.20]These old bones will never lie [03:37.77]These old bones will tell you surely [03:39.72]How to live and when you'll die [03:43.32]These old bones, [03:43.92]I shake and rattle [03:45.45]These old bones, [03:46.80]I toss and roll [03:48.57]And it's all in where they scatter [03:51.15]Tells you what the future holds [03:54.57]I held her hand while she was dyin' [03:57.81]And with the funeral through [03:59.94]I headed on back up the mountain [04:02.94]For Billy, [04:03.81]Wink and Blue [04:05.40]And that little pouch of burlap [04:07.95]With those bones so worn and old [04:10.98]She give me somethin' special [04:13.62]Now every time [04:16.26]I throwThese old bones will tell your story [04:18.90]These old bones will never lie [04:21.57]These old bones will tell you surely [04:24.12]What you can't see with your eye [04:26.91]These old bones, [04:28.05]I shake and rattle [04:29.49]These old bones, [04:30.78]I toss and roll [04:32.40]And it's all in how they scatter [04:34.83]Tells you what the future holds [04:36.90]Now I can't tell you what you want to hear [04:45.45]I just tell you what [04:46.11]I seeIt's these old bones a'talkin' [04:46.77]Blame it on them; don't pack it on me [04:50.82]It's just like that time that there boy died [04:53.10]Up at the sawmill [04:54.60]Well, I know'd who done it, but [04:56.67]I never said [04:58.59]And I know'd when somebody is a cheatin' [05:00.81]Or when somebody's baby was gonna be born dead [05:04.77]But unless somebody just plain out and asked me [05:08.07]Well, I just figured there ain't no point goin' around actin' like you know everything, just 'cause you might. [05:16.23]Ah, you know girl [05:17.70]I want you to take these bones' [05:19.62]Cause I don't want no young'un of mine a'going around unprepared [05:24.12]You just remember that the magic is inside you [05:28.32]There ain't no crystal ball