These old bones will tell your story These old bones will never lie These old bones will tell you surely What you cant see with your eye These old bones, I shake and rattle These old bones, I toss and roll And its all in where they scatter Tells you what the future holds Oh, she lived up on the mountain Eleven miles or so from town With a one-eyed cat named Wink, A billy goat and a blue tick hound Her graying hair was braided And wrapped around her head And her dress was long and faded And her home a rusty shed In a little pouch of burlap Tied with a piece of twine There were bones all shapes and sizes Gathered through the course of time Shed throw them out before you She swore that she could see The present, past and future She could ready your destiny Everybody knew about her Came to get their fortune read Concerning health and wealth and power Who to love and when to wed Well, I just like helpin people Im just glad that I could help Why, I know everybodys secrets But I keep it to myself These old bones will tell your story These old bones will never lie These old bones will tell you surely What you cant see with your eye These old bones, I shake and rattle These old bones, I toss and roll And its all in where they scatter Tells you what the future holds Some called her witchy woman Some said she was insane Some said she was a prophet Still everybody came Just because a bodys different Well, that dont make em mad Well, theyve crucified a many For the special gifts theyve had I had often heard about her, Dreamed about her now and then For I, too, was clairvoyant, Came about when I was ten I was fascinated with her And the things Id heard about And I knew some day Id meet her, And one day it came about Well, I knowd that you uz acomin I could feel it in my bones These old bones have also told me That I wont be here for long Did you know that you uz adopted? Did you know you oncet was mine? But the county took you from me, Said I wasnt right in mind But I just knowd I had to see you Fore these bones was laid to rest So I conjured up a message It musta worked, I guess This gift runs in the family I know you also know And I passed this gift on to you These old bones, theyre just for show These old bones will tell your story These old bones will never lie These old bones will tell you surely How to live and when youll die These old bones, I shake and rattle These old bones, I toss and roll And its all in where they scatter Tells you what the future holds I held her hand while she was dyin And with the funeral through I headed on back up the mountain For Billy, Wink and Blue And that little pouch of burlap With those bones so worn and old She give me somethin special Now every time I throw These old bones will tell your story These old bones will never lie These old bones will tell you surely What you cant see with your eye These old bones, I shake and rattle These old bones, I toss and roll And its all in how they scatter Tells you what the future holds Now I cant tell you what you want to hear I just tell you what I see Its these old bones atalkin Blame it on them; dont pack it on me Its just like that time that there boy died Up at the sawmill Well, I knowd who done it, but I never said And I knowd when somebody is a cheatin Or when somebodys baby was gonna be born dead But unless somebody just plain out and asked me Well, I just figured there aint no point goin around actin like you know everything, just cause you might. Ah, you know girl I want you to take these bones Cause I dont want no youngun of mine agoing around unprepared You just remember that the magic is inside you There aint no crystal ball