The Buzzards Won't Cry - William Elliott Whitmore

You’ll pray for a candle when the darkness falls

When the night time closes in

When life’s fateful curtain finally draws

And you won’t see the morning again

Those buzzards will circle all overhead

Just waiting for you to die

In their hearts they know you’ll soon be dead

And not one of them will cry

You’ll hope against hope for one last breath

When you find that yours is gone

In this world there won’t be nothin' left

Just a pile of bleached white bones