[Intro]
          
If I die young
            
Bury me in sat

in
             
Lay me down on

           
 a bed of rose

s
              
Sink me in the

           
 river at dawn
             
Send me away w

              
ith the words 

      
of a love song
            
  Oh oh, oh oh

   

[Verse 1]
              
Lord make me a

             
 rainbow, I'll

              
 shine down on

    
 my mother
              
She'll know I'

             
m safe with Yo

              
u when she sta

              
nds under my c

 
olors
             
Oh and life ai

              
n't always wha

        
t you think it

 ought to be
             
No, ain't even

              
 grey but she 

   
buries her bab

y
             
The sharp knif

             
e of a short l


ife
            
Well, I've had

              
 just enough t

    
ime

[Chorus]
           
If I die young
            
Bury me in sat

in
             
Lay me down on

            
 a bed of rose

s
              
Sink me in the

             
 river at dawn
             
Send me away w

              
ith the words 

      
of a love song

[Pre-Chorus]
             
The sharp knif

             
e of a short l

  
ife
             
Well, I've had

            
 just enough t

    
ime

[Verse 2]
              
And I'll be we

             
aring white wh

      
en I come into

 Your kingdom
             
I'm as green a

              
s the ring on 

    
my little cold

 finger
             
I've never kno

             
wn the loving 

              
of a man but i

   
t sure felt ni

ce when he was

 
 
holding my han

d
             
There's a boy 

              
here in town s

     
ays he'll love

 me forever
             
Who would have

           
 thought forev

er could be se

vered by

[Pre-Chorus]
            
The sharp knif

              
e of a short l


ife
            
Well, I've had

              
 just enough t


ime

[Instrumental]
      
      

[Bridge]
   
So put on your

 best boys
    
And I'll wear 

my pearls

What I never d

id is done

              
A penny for my

 
 thoughts
             
Oh no, I'll se

ll 'em for a d

ollar
             
They're worth 

              
so much more a

 
fter I'm a gon

er
             
And maybe then

              
 you'll hear t

     
he words I've 

been singing
             
Funny when you

              
're dead how p


eople start li

stening

      

[Chorus]
         
If I die young
             
Bury me in sat

in
             
Lay me down on

          
 a bed of rose

s
              
Sink me in the

            
 river at dawn
             
Send me away w

              
ith the words 

         
of a love song

[Outro]
             
 Oh oh, the ba

      
llad of a dove
             
         Go in

     
 peace and lov

e

Gather up your

 tears

Keep 'em in yo

ur pocket
             
Save 'em for a

              
 time when you

    
're really gon

na need 'em
             
Oh oh, the sha

             
rp knife of a 


short life
             
Well, I've had

             
 just enough t

     
ime
   
So put on your

 best boys
             
  And I'll wea

         
r my pearls