Box Of Spiders
by Drive-By Truckers
From the album: Pizza Deliverance
Track 5 of 14 on Pizza Deliverance (1999).
Duration: 3:30
Lyrics for Box Of Spiders
Gran Gran keeps a box of spiders She says they're on me when I sleep Waitin' in the out-house for me Underneath the seat Great-grandmother's 'bout 97 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 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 General's 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