life's good friends are hard to find

and now one of mine is dead

and things I should have said to her

i shall say to you instead



mona mona

so much of you to love

too much of you to take care of

mona mona

you got too big to keep

and too damn old to eat



when you where just a football

at your mama's side

i reckon everyone figured you

for a bar-b-que when you died

and here i'm thinking about you

lying underground

pushing up a pine tree in my field



oh mona mona

you can close your eyes

i've got a twelve gauge surprise

waiting for you



since the day she passed away

everything's just the same

everywhere i go

somebody mentions her name

sometimes it's easiest to tell

a friend a lie

they don't understand

the way i feel



oh mona mona

so much of you to love

to much of you to take care of

so long



now she is gone and i am

left alone as you can see

but ever since i caused her death

i do miss her company