If I Die Before You

If I die before you Don't put me in the ground Plant for me a sturdy tree You can lean against year round Don't clutter up a graveyard With stone to trip upon Write my name on a nice bench you can rest on when I'm gone If I die before you Don't line up one by one My funeral would bore you Cause funeral's ain't fun If it's really for me Here's what I'd want to see: You listenin' to good music & laughing in the sun. Loving on the living, hold tight before they're gone Speaking more on good you'll do than what's already done And write my name on a nice bench You can rest on When I'm gone If I die before you There's more that I can do Give me up to science And burn me when they're through Scatter me in places Where we had the most fun And write my name on a nice bench you can rest on. I'm not afraid of dying But I am of missing out On memories I'd make with you Every bread I'd break with you And perfect moments spent with you like this one So slip a smooth stone into your pocket Touch the cool stone to seal a memory Send your sorrows to the touch Be a duck, and let the worry roll right off of you For good luck, or to be together If I die before you What's mine is yours to keep Make a pretty bonfire And burn what you don't need Cause I don't want to weigh your body Down when mine's asleep Sowing all the little things I clung to as I reaped My picture frames & failures in a mess around your feet Burn it down, and carry on the parts you wanna see And write my name on a nice bench That can get you off your tired feet Watch the seasons pass with me Rock a baby on your knee And wrap up in a song that can take you home"