Hey Feller Where You Goin'
Hey Feller Where You Goin'
By Roy Merritt
Every time he went by that graveyard
He would whistle a soothing tune
He wanted to get past that place
And he wanted to do it soon
He didn’t like goin’ by there
As he walked about this town
He didn’t like goin’ by there
Because of them eerie sounds
“Hey feller where you goin’
Some voice might would inquire
Hey feller where you goin’
Don’t you know you done expired?”
And then he’d look over there
At the ominous wrought iron fence
And see some ghoul and his friends
And they would then commence
“Look here pardner we’re here to tell you
You ain’t supposed to be walkin’ round
After buyin’ the farm you’re suppose
To stay ‘neath that ground
“Hey feller where you goin’
Some voice might would inquire
Hey feller where you goin’
Don’t you know you done expired?”
But you know he’d just keep goin’
On down that lonely street
He’d look far away from them
Or maybe just stare at his feet
That cain’t be true he'd tell himself
No it certainly cain’t
For what they were inferring
He whut nuthin’ but a haint
“Hey feller where you goin’
Some voice might would inquire
Hey feller where you goin’
Don’t you know you done expired?”
No it couldn’t be true
No sir it couldn’t be
No sir it couldn’t be true
What they been tellin’ me
No sir I ain’t no haint
No sir I cain’t be no ghost
Walkin’ always been my favorite thing
The thing I liked doin’ the most
“Hey feller where you goin’
Some voice might would inquire
Hey feller where you goin’
Don’t you know you done expired?”
So then he pushed on down the street
And start into whistlin’ again
And get as far away as he could
From that ghoul and his ghoulish friends
He ignored ‘em every time
Every time he went by that way
He ignored them every time
Ignored what they had to say
“Hey feller where you goin’
Some voice might would inquire
Hey feller where you goin’
Don’t you know you done expired?”
And so they’d watched him go on
As he whistled and walkin’ 'round
And scarin’ the holy bejesus
Out of everybody in that town
Maybe some day we’ll convince him
Maybe get it through his head
Look here feller you shouldn’t be walkin’
Cos’ boy you done be dead
“Hey feller where you goin’
Some voice might would inquire
Hey feller where you goin’
Don’t you know you done expired?”
"Hey feller where you goin'
Some voice might would inquire
Hey feller where you goin'
Don't you know you done expired?"
Copyright © Roy Merritt | Year Posted 2016
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