Aunt Mary was given two weeks to live
So I handed her my very favorite book
And she said, What is this shit
If I'm gonna spend my final hours reading this
It better be fantastic, better be fantastic
Tom sang Don't Worry
Elle smoked and cleaned
It was Thanksgiving but it felt like Halloween
We could have used some scripture
Or a burning bush on high
Cause nobody knows how to say goodbye
Well I was in the Texas town of El Paso when she finally passed
And we were passing a joint
And the phone rang and a pigeon hit the glass
So I stepped outside into the Barrio
You know the one they ran I-10 through
Now it's just a bunch of fences, pit bulls, and a church with one pew
So we came back inside and we decided
We needed to scrounge up an offering of some kind
But all we could find
Was coffee beans, tequila, lemon
We put 'em on a plate
The day Mary passed away
And then we made a big bowl of guacamole
And we stuck a candle right there in the center
And we lit, we made a wish, and we put our hands together
Someone sing Stir It Up
Someone blow that kazoo
Please do something
So there's something to do
If I wasn't such a man
Then maybe I could cry
But nobody knows how to say goodbye