I've been forgetting ghost stories that my grandfather read to me Right before I went to sleep, haunting my dreams I've been singing old melodies, that my grandmother sang to me My voice shakes as my heart breaks, I'm out of key What happened to my Uncle John Where do they go when they're not gone, Elva I've been praying to you lately, praying for my family We kept faith you would take the weight off our bodies I've been clutching your rosary, Holy Fathers and Hail Marys We kept faith you would take the weight off our bodies What happened to my Uncle John Where do they go when they're not gone, Elva What happened to my Uncle John Where do they go when they're not gone, Elva