Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Pete Seeger
Canonical path: /pete-seeger/in-dead-earnest
Related lyric paths: 6
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In Dead Earnest
Read In Dead Earnest lyrics by Pete Seeger on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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In Dead Earnest
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If I should die before I wake,
All my bone and sinew take
Put me in the compost pile
To decompose me for a while.
Worms, water, sun will have their way,
Returning me to common clay
All that I am will feed the trees
And little fishes in the seas.
When radishes and corn you munch,
You may be having me for lunch
And then excrete me with a grin,
Chortling, "There goes Lee again."
'Twill be my happiest destiny
To die and live eternally.
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