When I Die

When I die lay me down at the stream
By the tree with the deepest roots
Bury my body in blue jeans
And a pair of my leather boots

Maybe sing a song
Maybe carry a rose
Maybe listen for the wind
On the day it blow

Don't tell em you loved me
If you broke my heart
Leave the flowers above me now
Don't tear em apart

When I die lay me down at the stream
By the tree with the deepest roots
Bury my body in blue jeans
And a pair of my leather boots

Some days we had it easy
Sometimes trouble too
Honey, I'd trade a good day long
For a bad one with you
Will you miss my dark cloud
My stormy state of mind
Somebody's gotta roll that thunder in the sky

When I die lay me down at the stream
By the tree with the deepest roots
Bury my body in blue jeans
And a pair of my leather boots

Take my guitar
From the empty hall
Don't let it hang from some rich man's wall
That piece of wood
Is how I learned to pray
Just find some hands to play it everyday

Take my body down main street
Take me by my old school
Toast my name at the bar that we used to shoot pool

Take me past the graveyard
Where my family lay
I wanna be by the water
On that final day

When I die lay me down at the stream
By the tree with the deepest roots
Bury my body in blue jeans
And a pair of my leather boots
My leather boots

My leather boots
My leather boots
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