"Why Mother Why" lyrics

You've got to bury her deeper
So you'll be sure you can keep her
Down in that hole where you leave her
So all alone with the reaper
You've got to hang her even higher
Or burn her down in the fire
Oh, don't you trust in a liar
Why, mother, why?
Why, mother, why?

Why'd you have to kill that man?
Oh, tell me why, why'd you have to kill that man?
Mother, why I am wondering have you done what you've done there
Tell why'd you have to kill that man?
Mother, how can you undo all the things that you've done to
An innocent stranger of a man

You've got to bury her deeper
So you'll be sure you can keep her
Down in that hole where you leave her
So all alone with the reaper
You've got to hang her even higher
Or burn her down in the fire
Oh, don't you trust in a liar
Why, mother, why?
Why, mother, why?

Why did we have to run?
Just tell me why, why did we have to run away?
Mother, why I am wondering have you done what you've done there
Tell why'd you have to kill that man?
Mother, how can you undo all the things that you've done to
An innocent stranger of a man

You've got to bury her deeper
So you'll be sure you can keep her
Down in that hole where you leave her
So all alone with the reaper
You've got to hang her even higher
Or burn her down in the fire
Oh, don't you trust in a liar
Why, mother, why?
Why, mother, why?

You've got to bury her deeper
So you'll be sure you can keep her
Down in that hole where you leave her
So all alone with the reaper
You've got to hang her even higher
Or burn her down in the fire
Oh, don't you trust in a liar
Why, mother, why?
Why, mother, why?

You've got to bury her deeper
So you'll be sure you can keep her
Down in that hole where you leave her so all alone