My Baby Cares for the Dead

My baby cares for the dead, I said:

Come join the living baby, the bright sunshine

And it's so great to be alive and have a good time

But my baby hung around the dead

Making money acting friendly with the funeral family

And she was wed

My baby married a rich man mama, what can I do?

She cares for the dead now mama, she'll care for you

And my baby had a baby, not by me, but by him

Her lover who cares for the dead

And that birth meant the death of our love

I know someday my baby will care for me

She'll bleed and dress me mama, real fancy

And she'll lay me in a coffin

Comb my hair, put marbles in my eyes, ey-eye

I know someday my baby will care for me (x6)

My baby cares for the dead