Erin Hay - Sissy Sing That Song lyrics

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( Lonnie Ratliff / Pete Parrish )

An old upright piano never quite in tune

A hymn book from the Pentecostal church

Three generations gathered in Grandma's living room

Sister played and we all sang for all we's worth

Now gone are those days when Sissy played Grandma's piano

That piece of history has come and gone

I've forgotten most songs we sang together, all but one

The one that I remember was my Grandpa's favorite song.. He'd say

(Chorus # 1)

Sissy sing that song about when Jesus takes us home

When life's old weary road comes to an end

Sing about those streets of gold, where we never will grow old

Sissy want you sing that song again

Days turn into years but we never think of it

Til a phone rings in the middle of the night

Grandpa's taken sick and they're callin' in the kids

You wipe a million memories from your eyes

Then you drive all night cause Grandpa he's a fighter

And that old man's hangin' on to buy you time

When all his family's gathered round his bedside, then he smiles

Then he whispers Sissy, won't you sing that song of mine

(Chors # 2)

And we all sing along as Jesus came to take him home

As his ol weary road came to an end

We sang about those streets of gold where he never will grow old

We all sang it one last time for him ...... He'd say

(Repeat First Chorus)