Rock That Says My Name - The Steel Woods

I talk to the people that lie beneath these stones

Imagining they listen makes me feel less alone

I pick up the broken flowers, sometimes I dig a hole

Welcome in the new ones, introduce 'em to the old

I can use a chisel and polisher the same

I’ll put anything you’d like to say under a name

I’ll put on my suit, make sure my tie is straight

Lend a hand to the mourning, send the loved ones on their way

Well I ain’t afraid to die 'cause I know where I’ll go

There I’ll live forever on the streets made of gold

'Til then I’ll keep on working, you won’t hear me complain

And every day I’ll tip my hat to the rock that says my name

Well I hired on out of high school in 1968

My wife and I picked out a spot right up by the gate

It ain’t much but every morning the sun shines on that ground

One of these days when I clock out, that’s where I’m a-layin' down

Well I ain’t afraid to die 'cause I know where I’ll go

There I’ll live forever on the streets made of gold

'Til then I’ll keep on working, you won’t hear me complain

And every day I’ll tip my hat to the rock that says my name

Born in Alabama

Year 1−9-5−0

Throw the dirt on top of me

Sow the seeds and let it grow

Well I ain’t afraid to die 'cause I know where I’ll go

There I’ll live forever on the streets made of gold

'Til then I’ll keep on working, you won’t hear me complain

And every day I’ll tip my hat to the rock that says my name

Some day when I’m under it I hope you’ll do the same

Stop by sometime, tip your hat to the rock that says my name

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth

Where moth and rust doth corrupt

And where thieves break through and steal

But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven

Where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt

And where thieves do not break through nor steal

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also