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 Oh