Long black hearse, clear blue sky

Preacher says his words, grown men cry

Women start to faint, dark gray sky

Simple wooden box, preacher asks, why

Hey, have you heard the news?

Dewey Cox died

Put him in the ground, start to shovel dirt

Grown men turn away, cannot bear the hurt

You fell out of a tree, fell upon his head

Rushed him to a hospital, there pronounced dead

Hey, have you heard the news?

Dewey Cox died

No, say it isn't so, Dewey Cox died

Flowers everywhere, children cry

Guitar on the ground, God himself asks why

Long black hearse, clear blue sky

Preacher says his words, grown men cry

Hey, have you heard the news?

Dewey Cox died

Why?

Hey, have you heard the news?

Dewey Cox died today

Dead