[Intro]
Weddings, wakes, and funerals
Weddings, wakes
Weddings, wakes, and funerals

[Verse 1]
I just rolled in from Newfoundland
Signal hill, howling wind
Let's see
Dark black rum and fishing boats
The wolf is always at your throat, sadly

[Verse 2]
I dreamed one night of an old dance hall
The fiddler played
The prompter called, proudly
But it ended in a fearful brawl
The old man said, "that's it, that's all"
Loudly

[Chorus]
Weddings, wakes, and funerals
Might heaven, and it might be hell
Depends
There's one thing that I do know
You'll have your fill before you go
Amen
[Verse 3]
I found myself on a dead end road
Struggling with one heavy load and toll
When I saw him dancing in the wind
I knew right then that it must have been the ghost
Of Charlie Joe

[Verse 4]
I drifted off to a county cell
Sweet songbirds and wedding bells ringing
Then I arose to a funeral scene
Long black veils and limousines shining
Shining

[Chorus]
Weddings, wakes, funerals
It might be heaven and it might be hell
Depends
But there's one thing that I do know
You'll have your fill before you go
Amen

[Bridge]
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
Everybody dance
Everybody dance
Everybody dance
Everybody dance
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
[Verse 5]
I found myself on a dead end road
Struggling with one heavy load and toll
When I saw him dancing in the wind
I knew right then that it must have been the ghost
Of Charlie Joe

[Outro]
Weddings, wakes, and funerals
Weddings, wakes, and funerals
Weddings, wakes, and funerals
And I arose to a funeral scene
Long black veils and limousines shining
It must have been the ghost
Of Charlie Joe
Weddings, wakes, and funerals
Weddings, wakes, and funerals
Weddings, wakes, and funerals