When I Die

For when I die and when I'm ashes

And no more songs I can repeat

Whoever's singin' at my funeral

Had better learn to move their feet

'Cause when I die right around forty

And when my fuse has reached its end

You best believe we'll all be drinkin'

Now don't ask why, but maybe when

Some people croak it and then everyone chokes

On bitter tears, oh lord why'd he have to go?

But when I stroll I think we'll all probably know that I was

Due any time I mean you can't live that hard for long, so

When I die

And when I'm buried

Come watch me sink into the ground

Forget the dirt, just drain a bottle

And if they ask, just say I've drowned

For when I die and when it's over

And all my friends are left behind

I wouldn't doubt that they'll be jealous

They'll have to do more work than I

Some people croak it and then everyone chokes

On bitter tears, oh lord why'd he have to go?

But when I stroll I think we'll all probably know that I was

Due any time I mean you can't live that hard for long

So when I die

And when I'm sober

There'll be more stories left to write

Take up my pen

And get to scriblin'

Puncture your silence kill your fright

For when I die (for when I die)

For when I die (for when I die)

For when I die (for when I die)

For when I die (for when I die)

I'm only goin' over Jordan

I'm only goin' over home