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FOREST LAWN (Tom Paxton) Let the drum and bugle corps play Taps while cannons roar Sixteen liveried employees sell souvenirs from the fun'ral store I wanna go simply when I go THey'll give me a simple funeral there, I know. With a casket lined in fleece and fireworkd spellng out "Rest in Peace" Oh, take me when I'm gone to Forest Lawn. Oh lay me down in Forest Lawn, they understand there They have a heavenly choir and a military band there Just put me in their care, I'll find my comfort there Sixteen planes in a last salute, they'll drop a cross in a parachute I wanna go simply when I go. They'll give me a simple funeral there, I know, With a hundred strolling strings and topless dancers with golden wings Oh take me when I'm gone to Forest Lawn. Oh, come, come, come, come, come Come to the church in the wildwood Kindly leave a contribution in the pail. Be as simple and as trusting as a child would And we'll sell you the church in the dale. To find a simple resting place is my desire To lay me down with a smiling face comes a little bit higher My likeness cast in brass will stand in plastic grass While hidden weights and spring tip its hat to mourners filing past I wanna go simply when I go. They'll give me a simple funeral there I know I'll lie beneath the sands With piped-in tapes of Billy Graham O take me when I'm gone to Forest Lawn. Rock of Ages, cleft for me For a slightly higher fee. Oh take me when I'm gone to Forest Lawn. Copyright Tom Paxton @funeral filename[ FRSTLAWN RX oct97 |
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