please don't bury me - john prine


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By droopy on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 - 12:30 am:

    heard this song on the radio yesterday. it was a request.

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    woke up this morning, put on my slippers
    Walked in the kitchen and died
    and oh! what a feeling when my soul went through the ceiling
    And on off into Heaven I did rise.

    when I got there, they did say - john, it happend this-a-way
    you slipped upon the floor and hit your head
    and all the angels say, just before you passed away,
    these were the very last words that you said.

    chorus:
    please don't bury me down in the cold, cold ground
    no, I'm gonna have 'em cut me up and pass me all around
    throw my brain in a hurricane and the blind can have my eyes
    and the deaf can take both of my ears if they don't mind the size.

    give my stomach to milwaukee if they run out of beer
    put my socks in a cedar box just get 'em out of here
    venus De Milo can have my arms (look out, I've got your nose!)
    sell my heart to the junkman and give my love to Rose. But,

    chorus

    give my feet to the footloose, careless, fancy free
    give my knees to the needy, don't put that stuff on me
    hand me down my walking cane, it's a sin to tell a lie
    send my mouth way down south and kiss my ass good-bye. But,

    chorus