Lonely Tombs Lyrics - The Stanley Brothers

I was strolling one day in a lonely graveyard 

When a voice from the tomb seemed to say 

I once lived as you lived walked and talked as you talk 

But from earth I was soon called away 

Oh those tombs (oh those tombs) lonely tombs (lonely tombs) 

Seemed to say in a low gentle tone 

Oh how sweet (oh how sweet) is the rest (is the rest) 

In our beautiful Heavenly home 

Every voice from the tomb seemed to whisper and say 

Living man you must soon follow me 

And I thought as I looked on those cold marble slabs 

What a dark lonely place that must be 

Then I came to the place where my mother was laid 

And in silence I stood by her tomb 

And her voice seemed to say in a low gentle tone 

I am safe with my Savior at home