When I Die - Pepper Coyote

For when I die and when Iʼm ashes

And no more songs I can repeat

Whoeverʼs singinʼ at my funeral

Had better learn to move their feet

Cuz when I die right around 40

And when my fuse has reached its end

You best believe weʼll all be drinkinʼ

Now donʼt ask why but maybe «when»

Some people croak it and then everyone chokes on bitter tears «oh lord whyʼd he

have to go?»

But when I stroll I think weʼll all probably know that I was

Due any time I mean you canʼt live that hard for long

So when I die, and when Iʼm 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 itʼs over

And all my friends are left behind

I wouldnʼt doubt that theyʼll be jealous

Theyʼll have to do more work than I

Some people croak it and then everyone chokes on bitter tears «oh lord whyʼd he

have to go?»

But when I stroll I think weʼll all probably know that I was

Due any time I mean you canʼt live that hard for long

So when I die and when Iʼm sober

Thereʼll be more stories left to write

Take up my pen, and get to scriblinʼ

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)

Iʼm only goinʼ over Jordan

Iʼm only goin over home