[Verse 1]
Papa died smiling
Wide as the ring of a bell
Gone all star white
Small as a wish in a well
And Sodom, south Georgia
Woke like a tree full of bees
Buried in Christmas bows
And a blanket of weeds

[Chorus]
Papa died Sunday and I understood
All dead white boys say, "God is good"
White tongues hang out, "God is good"

[Verse 2]
Papa died while my girl
Lady Edith was born
Both heads fell like
Eyes on a crack in the door
And Sodom, south Georgia
Slept on an acre of bones
Slept through Christmas
Slept like a bucket of snow

[Chorus]
Papa died Sunday and I understood
All dead white boys say, "God is good"
White tongues hang out, "God is good"